Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 28 / Trend A.Taghiyeva /
Supplies of Iraqi oil to Turkey through the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline blown up yesterday in the Turkish province of Sirnak, have been resumed, Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said on Tuesday, the Zaman newspaper reports.
The cause of the explosion was sabotage by members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Previously, PKK militants repeatedly created a diversion at this pipeline. Last time it was blown up in early August when oil pumping to Turkey was halted for a week.
The conflict between Turkey and the PKK which demands the creation of an independent Kurdish state has been on-going for more than 25 years. The PKK group is recognised as a terrorist organisation by the UN and the European Union.