BAGHDAD- Iraq's oil ministry on Thursday cautioned oil companies against signing contracts with Iraqi Kurdistan.

On Wednesday Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft ROSN.MM signed an agreement to put production sharing agreements into force with respect to five production blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan.



(Reporting by Maher Chmaytelli; editing by Jason Neely) ((maher.chmaytelli@thomsonreuters.com; +9647901917030;))