Turkish officials said Turkey expects oil shipments from Iraq to continue
despite failure to renew a decades-old pipeline agreement that expired on
Monday. Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Zaidi failed on Tuesday to reach a
final deal on the 986 km (613 mile) Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, but agreed to
maintain deliveries while talks continue. Officials said any final accord would
be backdated to July 27, the expiry date of the previous 53‑year agreement.
