* KRG says technical issues slowed exports recently
* Blames "malpractice" by government oil co. for halt
* Iraq, Kurds have long-running oil dispute (Updates with KRG statement, details)
By Rania El Gamal and Ahmed Rasheed
AMMAN/BAGHDAD, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Oil exports on the main pipeline from Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region were halted due to technical problems and "malpractice" and not because of a policy decision, the region's government said on Sunday.
The Kurdistan Regional Government said Iraq's North Oil Company had "serious technical difficulties" with its main export pipeline, which carries about 100,000 barrels of crude per day, and labelled "false" reports that exports had been deliberately suspended.
The KRG issued a critical statement late on Sunday following a tumultuous day in which Iraq's oil minister, Abdul-Kareem Luaibi, had announced at a meeting with oil companies in Amman, Jordan, that Kurdish exports had been halted but the region had given no reason for the shutdown.
