Baghdad calls Kurdistan to link a new pipeline to the national network

, so as to allow Baghdad to measure the level of crude flow.

It is expected for Kurdistan to complete the new pipeline with capacity of 300 thousand barrels per day in the coming weeks which will enhance the control of the regional government on the disputed resources with Baghdad.

Shahristani said in a statement reported by Reuters briefed by "Shafaq News" that “he asked Kurdistan government to link the two lines before the pumping station to determine the size of crude flow but Baghdad has not received any response.

Building this line has angered the central government in Baghdad, which also does not recognize the contracts signed by Kurdistan with international energy companies to develop its oil fields.

The region stopped pumping oil into the government pipeline that connects Kirkuk with Turkish port of Ceyhan since last year to protest against Baghdad for not paying the dues of foreign companies in Kurdistan.

The two sides did not reach a final agreement in the wealth management file which pushed Kurdistan to extend an oil pipeline to Turkey to export produced oil in its fields.