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Kurdish MPs: Baghdad closed doors to resolve the outstanding problems
Expected to cover the budget of the Kurdistan oil revenues by early 2015
Erbil: Dilshad Abdullah
Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament discussed yesterday, in the presence of the President of the Government of the Territory Barzani, the latest developments in the oil region of the file, and the relations between Erbil and Baghdad, and the most important points that will be included in the negotiations between the two parties.
Barzani asked at the beginning of the session of the Presidium of the Kurdistan Parliament to make a closed session for matters relating to the conduct of the upcoming negotiations with Baghdad, and continued the parliamentary session is far from the eyes of journalists until the late hours of last night, which highlighted both the President of the Region Government, and the Minister of Natural Resources in the Region, and the Minister Finance, highlighted a number of issues articulated between Baghdad and Erbil, the financial crisis in Kurdistan due to the blockade imposed by Baghdad for more than 9 months, oil and politics of Kurdistan, and the most important negotiating points between the two sides.
The MP said the pilgrim Karwan told «Middle East»: «We will not accept once again that the Baghdad-controlled oil management in Kurdistan, because we suffer from the policies and actions of the federal government with the region in all areas; political or military or economic». Karwan ruled out the existence of a particular solution to the current crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, said that «the Baghdad closed all the doors of the solution Bugena. The federal government has given us the solution in the field of oil, but the head of the Federal Minister Haider al-Abadi torpedo all efforts to resolve by saying that he would not send KRG budget ». He ruled the region Karwan delegation went to Baghdad to start negotiating, if it continues its policies against Baghdad in the region.
In turn, Anas Mohammed, MP for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said in a statement, said that during yesterday's meeting «search mechanisms that will contribute to addressing the issues between the parties, and the points that we will negotiate with the federal government, and the process of export of oil in the region. It was agreed that the points would be considered a road map to negotiate with Baghdad, and there are points we will not negotiate around there will be no compromise on them, salaries of the staff of the region, and the financial benefits of Kurdistan, and the options open to us if Baghdad did not take the initiative to send Kurdistan dues ».
Meanwhile, another deputy revealed, who preferred not to be named, that the region's oil exports will exceed half a million barrels per day at the beginning of next year if Baghdad did not take the initiative in the coming months to negotiate with the region and send dues Kurdistan material, warning that «after this period, the region would not negotiate with Baghdad because it would get the entire budget of the export of oil. » He added that the region awaits the visit of the Federal Minister of Oil Adel Abdul-Mahdi to Erbil to discuss the issues between the parties and then a delegation from Kurdistan will travel to Baghdad to start talks between the two parties.
In turn, attributed Saber, MP for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, for some negotiating points that have been agreed upon yesterday revealed; and the most important: «Send Baghdad true Territory's budget amounting to 17 per cent to the Kurdistan fully, and to be overseeing the oil of Kurdistan regional government, but with the participation of the Iraqi government by Company (SOMO) ». He Saber: «What did the Baghdad region with a budget of a disappointment, we thought to reach a solution», pointing out that the financial crisis in the region will not end this month «because they are supported on the region's oil exports, which amounted to 320 thousand barrels, and will rise with the end of the year to 450 thousand barrels, It is expected to rise with the beginning of next year to 500 thousand barrels, then we can cover the salaries of employees of the region and the project budget in Kurdistan ».
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Expected to cover the budget of the Kurdistan oil revenues by early 2015
Erbil: Dilshad Abdullah
Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament discussed yesterday, in the presence of the President of the Government of the Territory Barzani, the latest developments in the oil region of the file, and the relations between Erbil and Baghdad, and the most important points that will be included in the negotiations between the two parties.
Barzani asked at the beginning of the session of the Presidium of the Kurdistan Parliament to make a closed session for matters relating to the conduct of the upcoming negotiations with Baghdad, and continued the parliamentary session is far from the eyes of journalists until the late hours of last night, which highlighted both the President of the Region Government, and the Minister of Natural Resources in the Region, and the Minister Finance, highlighted a number of issues articulated between Baghdad and Erbil, the financial crisis in Kurdistan due to the blockade imposed by Baghdad for more than 9 months, oil and politics of Kurdistan, and the most important negotiating points between the two sides.
The MP said the pilgrim Karwan told «Middle East»: «We will not accept once again that the Baghdad-controlled oil management in Kurdistan, because we suffer from the policies and actions of the federal government with the region in all areas; political or military or economic». Karwan ruled out the existence of a particular solution to the current crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, said that «the Baghdad closed all the doors of the solution Bugena. The federal government has given us the solution in the field of oil, but the head of the Federal Minister Haider al-Abadi torpedo all efforts to resolve by saying that he would not send KRG budget ». He ruled the region Karwan delegation went to Baghdad to start negotiating, if it continues its policies against Baghdad in the region.
In turn, Anas Mohammed, MP for the Kurdistan Democratic Party, said in a statement, said that during yesterday's meeting «search mechanisms that will contribute to addressing the issues between the parties, and the points that we will negotiate with the federal government, and the process of export of oil in the region. It was agreed that the points would be considered a road map to negotiate with Baghdad, and there are points we will not negotiate around there will be no compromise on them, salaries of the staff of the region, and the financial benefits of Kurdistan, and the options open to us if Baghdad did not take the initiative to send Kurdistan dues ».
Meanwhile, another deputy revealed, who preferred not to be named, that the region's oil exports will exceed half a million barrels per day at the beginning of next year if Baghdad did not take the initiative in the coming months to negotiate with the region and send dues Kurdistan material, warning that «after this period, the region would not negotiate with Baghdad because it would get the entire budget of the export of oil. » He added that the region awaits the visit of the Federal Minister of Oil Adel Abdul-Mahdi to Erbil to discuss the issues between the parties and then a delegation from Kurdistan will travel to Baghdad to start talks between the two parties.
In turn, attributed Saber, MP for the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, for some negotiating points that have been agreed upon yesterday revealed; and the most important: «Send Baghdad true Territory's budget amounting to 17 per cent to the Kurdistan fully, and to be overseeing the oil of Kurdistan regional government, but with the participation of the Iraqi government by Company (SOMO) ». He Saber: «What did the Baghdad region with a budget of a disappointment, we thought to reach a solution», pointing out that the financial crisis in the region will not end this month «because they are supported on the region's oil exports, which amounted to 320 thousand barrels, and will rise with the end of the year to 450 thousand barrels, It is expected to rise with the beginning of next year to 500 thousand barrels, then we can cover the salaries of employees of the region and the project budget in Kurdistan ».
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