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August 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda “It is not in the interest of Turkey or any other party to underestimate the national sovereignty, violate the rules of international relations and not comply with the most basic regulations in the relations of states and officials,” read a statement posted on the Iraqi Foreign Ministry’s website.
“All of that was done without the knowledge or approval of the foreign ministry and without going to the official and diplomatic channels to organize this visit,” it added.
Davutoglu made his trip to Kirkuk while on a visit to the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region.
The Kurdish leaders have long called for the inclusion of the ethnically divided oil city in their autonomous region in the north, despite strong opposition from Baghdad.
Disputes over oil contracts and oil exports have intensified between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in the past few months.
The Iraqi government says all oil contracts must go through the central government in Baghdad, and regards anything short of that as illegal.
On July 15, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh warned Ankara against the “illegal” imports of oil from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, saying “Turkey must stop the unauthorized export of oil through its land.”
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