A Turkish opposition party delegation arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region Sunday against the backdrop of peace efforts between Ankara and a banned Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey. The delegation led by Sirri Sureyya Onder and Pervin Buldan,

Meeting comes against the backdrop of peace efforts between Ankara and a banned Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey

Flows of crude oil through a pipeline from the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to Turkey could restart soon after an almost two-year shutdown. Sources told Reuters that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face sanctions alongside Iran.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited is a small company in the Kurdistan part of Iraq. A pipeline through Turkey would help get its oil to market, but it is caught up in the regional politics.

Iraq’s Oil Minister said on Monday that Baghdad is committed to the OPEC+ decisions and exported volumes under the control of the Iraqi oil ministry

Iraq is awaiting a response from Turkey “within the next 24 hours” regarding the readiness of the pipeline designated for the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports, an official from Iraq’s oil ministry said on Sunday.

Iraq reiterated on Monday its commitment to an OPEC+ agreement on production cuts and the gradual phase-out of voluntary reductions, ahead of the resumption of oil exports from the Kurdistan Region.

Tankers will soon be lifting Iraqi crude exports from the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan after the Middle Eastern country confirmed an oil pipeline will resume flows. Iraq has earmarked 185,000 barrels per day (bpd) for export from Kurdistan’s oilfields through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline.