In response to Draw Media question about the visit of the United State's Head of energy Affairs in the Middle East and north africa region to the Kurdistan region and the result of the discussions on the energy issues, US ambassador to Baghdad Alina Romanowski said “This visit was designed to better understand the issues of both sides of the issue, and to see how the United States can support the dialog that goes on between all parties”

In a press conference on Thursday Romanowski said that, “Another component of the discussions and the focus of our representatives visit here was also to gain a better understanding of how the United States and the international community can support to solve this issue.”

She added that “The fact we have representatives from our Energy Bureau from state department only demonstrate how important this issue is, to not just international oil and energy issues but also how important that KRI, Iraq and the United States take these issues seriously and it’s a very important core component our relationship”

Regarding the hope that the oil exports will resume soon, the US ambassador to Baghdad said, “I am not going to speculate when those discussion are going to be concluded, and whether or not they will produce this kind of result but we certainly hope they will”.