CAIRO - Baghdad, ‍the ‍Kurdish government and international ​companies have agreed ⁠to extend an oil ⁠export deal through ‌March 31, Kurdistan broadcaster ⁠Rudaw quoted the director of Iraq's state oil ⁠company SOMO as ​saying on Thursday.

The renewal extends a ‍three-month deal ​agreed in September, allowing Iraq to restart the export of oil from its Kurdish region to Turkey. Supplies had been halted ⁠for more ‌than two years.

(Reporting by Jaidaa ‌Taha ⁠and Ahmed Tolba; editing ⁠by Barbara Lewis)