BAGHDAD / Mohammad Sabah
Parliamentary Kurdish sources said, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government began extensive discussions and "positive" as soon as he arrived in Baghdad on Sunday morning, in order to put an end to chronic disagreements with the federal government, what could end up adding about 450 000 barrels of oil to Iraqi exports from the Kirkuk oilfields and the region.
The sources said the talks President of the Region Government Barzani focused on the region's share of the budget in 2014, as well as discuss the latest post in the next budget revenues from oil exports, as well as discuss the restructuring of the Federal SOMO for the export of oil, and the Civil Aviation Authority on the Airports province.
He said deputies Kurdistan Alliance, said Erbil managed to lift "sanctions clauses" that Maliki's government has been placed in the previous budget as a condition for granting the province its share of financial allocations.
It is expected to hold a Kurdish delegation, according to parliamentary sources, a meeting of the three presidencies to complete talks on Sunday morning. The sources pointed out that the delegation will stay in Baghdad for three days to resolve all the points of contention.
Barzani and hold bilateral meetings with the prime ministers and the Council of Representatives and the political blocs to discuss the outstanding issues between the province and the federal government.
She Ala Talabani, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) bloc, said that "the task of the Kurdish delegation to visit at a time of an improvement in relations between the two parties to reach a resolving all contentious issues."
Considered Talabani, in an interview with the "long" that "any agreement reached his Baghdad and Erbil will allow the introduction of the Kurdistan oil in the budget will reduce the deficit by 30 trillion dinars, at the time the budget deficit of 41 trillion dinars."
Talabani stressed that "the agreement is a positive return on the federal budget and the Iraqi economy and therefore, everybody is obliged to end the problems of file during this visit."
The Chairperson of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to block the "export of 150 000 barrels of Kurdistan and 300 000 barrels of Kirkuk oil would fall in the general budget in 2015," revealing that "next year's budget will be free from punitive items on the Kurdistan region, according to recent agreements."
And about the files that will be on the negotiating table, says MP Najiba Najib, a member of the parliamentary Economic Committee, "The visit of the Kurdish delegation headed by Chairman of the provincial government to Baghdad come to discuss the oil and the salaries of the Peshmerga problem," and noted that "the visit focused on the research budget of the Kurdistan region in 2014 which is nearing completion, amounting to 16 trillion dinars, which halted the previous government. "
She said Najib, in a statement to the "long", "The Kurdish delegation will discuss determine the amount of oil to be released from the Kurdistan region of fields, as well as the subject of SOMO."
Confirmed by "highly centralized management SOMO Economic Committee that became touts approach a classic in its dealings oil, which requires restructuring in line with the new changes," and indicated that "the Kurdistan region wants to reach, through this visit, an agreement on the organization of export and pricing of oil." .
Includes oil-producing provinces on top of Basra, voice to Arbil, in calling for the restructuring of the Board of Sumo administration, according to the constitution, which provides for the coordination of decisions between the capital and the provinces in this regard.
MP notes that "Sumo has not given any validity to the region or to the oil-producing provinces to participate in important decisions that relate to pricing and export of oil, because the broad powers are still, however, the oil minister exclusively."
Kurdish MP went on to say that "Barzani will also discuss the issue of the receipt of the amounts of oil, and will it be by the federal government, or will be deposited directly to the Kurdistan Regional Government."
She drew Najib said that "the federal government is demanding disclosure of the Kurdistan region's oil accounts and be fully resolved." Asserts that "the Baghdad agreement and the region around the delivery of 150 thousand barrels per day, the center of the Kurdistan oil is of course be increased interim agreement," and noted that "the agreement was to show good intentions to resolve all outstanding differences between the parties."
The Kurdistan Regional Government announced that, beginning in November of this month, the agreement with the Baghdad government to solve the "full and fair" to the problems between the two sides, stressing that the federal government would pay for the region of $ 500 million and will transform the Government of the Territory of 150 thousand barrels of crude oil a day under the disposal of the federal government.
Showed MP Najiba Najib said "The federal government, in coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Government will develop a specific mechanism for the export volumes of oil from the Kirkuk oilfields, which range in output from 700 to 800 000 barrels per day," pointing out that "the agreement between the parties refers to the export of Kirkuk oil through Kurdistan, so the it needs to be coordinated. "
Najib draws to be "among the issues to be discussed are the subject of airports and civil aviation authority on Airports Erbil and Sulaymaniyah."
Commenting on the visit, expressed Iaram Sheikh Mohammed, Vice President of the House of Representatives, expressed his hope that "the results of the visit Kurdish delegation to Baghdad fruitful and satisfactory and are in favor of all Iraqis and build a real participation in the political process, and that opens the doors to solve problems and outstanding issues between the Territory and center. "
He said Sheikh Mohammed, in a statement, "long" received a copy of it, "the importance exceeded the previous experiments that led to the situations were not positive," persisting saying, "We are brothers and the latter concerns us the benefit of the country."
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