Ankara’s trade off with Arbil: PKK vs Oil
It is not uncommon for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to sabotage oil and natural gas pipelines in Turkey. The Turkish section of the pipeline bringing gas from Azerbaijan via Georgia was targeted for the first time when an explosion took place on May 29. The explosion, which has been claimed by the PKK, came shortly after the May 18 visit of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani to Ankara. The talks in Ankara were followed by Energy Minister Taner Yıldız’s visit to Arbil to attend an energy conference.
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