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,

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.

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.

Iraq’s oil ministry repeated that it’s ready to restart exports from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan via a pipeline to Turkey that’s been shut for almost two years.

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

This marks a significant step towards resolving the nearly two-year dispute that disrupted crude flows between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region.

Iraq's Oil Minister confirmed on Monday that the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, designated for the resumption of the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports through Turkey's Ceyhan port, is ready to use.

The Oil Ministry contacted the Turkish side for information about the Iraq-Turkey oil pipeline to resume Iraqi Kurdistan's oil exports.

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