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The central government agreed Tuesday to a long-term deal with the Kurdistan region to share the oil wealth of the country, which is a positive indication that Iraq will not be divided and is struggling to organize Daash.
This agreement represents the most important achievements of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi yet help resolve the long dispute between Baghdad and Erbil, and turn off the fears of the Declaration of independence for the region which is a major concern after the attack Daash. After the withdrawal of security forces from the clashes with Kurds Daash dominated a lot of rich oil fields and tried to sell oil in isolation from Baghdad, where they were in need of money to pay the salaries of the Peshmerga made by Baghdad.
Now, after the deal with the Kurds, Abadi is facing a difficult task of reconciliation with the Sunni Arabs, who their willingness former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reform. The relationship between the Sunni Arabs and the Baghdad government is very weak in light of al-Maliki, to the extent that many of them welcomed Bdaash when the invasion of their areas. In the twentieth of November, said Keith Johnson of Foreign Policy magazine this Agreement newborn "after months of tension, take Baghdad and Erbil steps to settle the dispute which Ojajh oil and almost threatening to divide Iraq." The reason Daash and the threat posed by Iraq on the life of a barrage of nightmares and horror, but there was a bright spot is that this group offers to pay Baghdad and Kurdistan to find a solution to the oil of the differences that have caused Angsamama over the years. It is a short-term solution to a long-term problem, because billions of dollars in oil revenue at stake, as well as the independence of the Kurds. A complicating factor is the fate of Kirkuk and its oil, as the ownership of the city was the subject of a dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the centuries, has been dominated by the now Peshmerga forces. However, what was the deal to take place without the threat Daash. The country as a whole is threatened from this terrorist group and preparing Kurdish and Iraqi forces, which worked together to recover the plug connector with a strategic importance, and to launch a joint attack on Daash early next year. For his part, the Kurdistan region boxed financially, on the one hand by more than one million displaced people fled the attack Care Daash while reeling in which financial Iraq, hand because it has the ability to export crude oil from the vast oil fields around Kirkuk on the eve of the attack Daash.
Says Matthew Reed, Vice Chairman of the Advisory Commission for Energy in Foreign Policy "It's real-time deal, but meaningful. What matters is that the money and the oil moving and this is a major achievement."
And continued tensions between Baghdad and Erbil for years, The Kurds believe that Baghdad did not heed to their share of Iraqi oil revenues and have sought to increase their production of oil and start Ptsidirh.orda it cut Baghdad cash transfers to the region beginning of the year, leaving employees without the Kurds and soldiers' salaries. Under the constitution, must be received by the region of 17% of oil export revenues, but in fact the figure was 12% in recent years.
And increased tensions after Daash attack in the summer, where melted Iraqi military forces, while the Kurdish forces managed with the help of US air strikes to repel Daash rush to their areas. And allowed the Iraqi army to the collapse of the Peshmerga forces maintenance of the city of Kirkuk, which is a long dispute on them, with the large oil fields. This will stimulate more modern Kurdish officials for independence.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has proved to be more willing to reconciliation; as the new oil minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, in particular, proved to be more willing to work with officials in the region. For example, efforts were met with the Kurds for the sale of oil and the threat of prosecution by the previous government, while the corresponding day Bamufaaudhat.ouma this is still the biggest and most difficult issues need solutions. He says Fuad Hussein, the official in the government of Kurdistan These issues include the fate of ten billion dollars owed by Baghdad to the region, in addition to the region's capacity to export crude oil produced in the future.
In recent years, the region lured many Western companies such as Exxon Mobil and others to drill for oil in accordance with the more useful of the terms of conditions of Baghdad. However, the Iraqi government considered these deals illegal.
Said Marina Ottaway, an expert on Middle East Affairs of the Wilson International Center, "I think that Iraq and Erbil has weaved from the brink after the threat of the Kurds to leave the coalition government. Big problems are not addressed, but it seems to me that none of the parties does not want to inflame the crisis now, So they will continue now by half temporary. "
The two sides were more willing to dialogue now it is not only because of the departure of the hardline al-Maliki, Vaovernmtan suffering from financial pressures necessarily Tdfhma to approach each other. And exports of crude oil to both of them - the main source of Iraqi revenues - are suffering because of low oil prices and because of the inability to export hundreds of thousands of barrels a day from the northern oil fields.
Reed says, "The common exports from North intensify - including Kirkuk and the rest of the Kurdish regions - would help Iraq to emerge from the financial crisis faster." Kurds suffer from wilting budgets in the absence of constitutional funding and rising expenses, and even though they have begun to export their oil in November and has faced a series of legal problems and could not make up for the financial shortfall until now.
He adds Reid "modules oil storage does not exist, and the Kurds are not able to export enough oil quickly to cover private expenses with their entry in the war, so it is better for them to reach an agreement with Baghdad if they obtain a sufficient and steady payments as their enemy."
Fuad Hussein, stressed that the independence of the Kurds has become secondary for the time being because of the fighting Daash terrorist group "Our priority is to defeat Daash, and until then we can not talk about anything else."
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The central government agreed Tuesday to a long-term deal with the Kurdistan region to share the oil wealth of the country, which is a positive indication that Iraq will not be divided and is struggling to organize Daash.
This agreement represents the most important achievements of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi yet help resolve the long dispute between Baghdad and Erbil, and turn off the fears of the Declaration of independence for the region which is a major concern after the attack Daash. After the withdrawal of security forces from the clashes with Kurds Daash dominated a lot of rich oil fields and tried to sell oil in isolation from Baghdad, where they were in need of money to pay the salaries of the Peshmerga made by Baghdad.
Now, after the deal with the Kurds, Abadi is facing a difficult task of reconciliation with the Sunni Arabs, who their willingness former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki reform. The relationship between the Sunni Arabs and the Baghdad government is very weak in light of al-Maliki, to the extent that many of them welcomed Bdaash when the invasion of their areas. In the twentieth of November, said Keith Johnson of Foreign Policy magazine this Agreement newborn "after months of tension, take Baghdad and Erbil steps to settle the dispute which Ojajh oil and almost threatening to divide Iraq." The reason Daash and the threat posed by Iraq on the life of a barrage of nightmares and horror, but there was a bright spot is that this group offers to pay Baghdad and Kurdistan to find a solution to the oil of the differences that have caused Angsamama over the years. It is a short-term solution to a long-term problem, because billions of dollars in oil revenue at stake, as well as the independence of the Kurds. A complicating factor is the fate of Kirkuk and its oil, as the ownership of the city was the subject of a dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the centuries, has been dominated by the now Peshmerga forces. However, what was the deal to take place without the threat Daash. The country as a whole is threatened from this terrorist group and preparing Kurdish and Iraqi forces, which worked together to recover the plug connector with a strategic importance, and to launch a joint attack on Daash early next year. For his part, the Kurdistan region boxed financially, on the one hand by more than one million displaced people fled the attack Care Daash while reeling in which financial Iraq, hand because it has the ability to export crude oil from the vast oil fields around Kirkuk on the eve of the attack Daash.
Says Matthew Reed, Vice Chairman of the Advisory Commission for Energy in Foreign Policy "It's real-time deal, but meaningful. What matters is that the money and the oil moving and this is a major achievement."
And continued tensions between Baghdad and Erbil for years, The Kurds believe that Baghdad did not heed to their share of Iraqi oil revenues and have sought to increase their production of oil and start Ptsidirh.orda it cut Baghdad cash transfers to the region beginning of the year, leaving employees without the Kurds and soldiers' salaries. Under the constitution, must be received by the region of 17% of oil export revenues, but in fact the figure was 12% in recent years.
And increased tensions after Daash attack in the summer, where melted Iraqi military forces, while the Kurdish forces managed with the help of US air strikes to repel Daash rush to their areas. And allowed the Iraqi army to the collapse of the Peshmerga forces maintenance of the city of Kirkuk, which is a long dispute on them, with the large oil fields. This will stimulate more modern Kurdish officials for independence.
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has proved to be more willing to reconciliation; as the new oil minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, in particular, proved to be more willing to work with officials in the region. For example, efforts were met with the Kurds for the sale of oil and the threat of prosecution by the previous government, while the corresponding day Bamufaaudhat.ouma this is still the biggest and most difficult issues need solutions. He says Fuad Hussein, the official in the government of Kurdistan These issues include the fate of ten billion dollars owed by Baghdad to the region, in addition to the region's capacity to export crude oil produced in the future.
In recent years, the region lured many Western companies such as Exxon Mobil and others to drill for oil in accordance with the more useful of the terms of conditions of Baghdad. However, the Iraqi government considered these deals illegal.
Said Marina Ottaway, an expert on Middle East Affairs of the Wilson International Center, "I think that Iraq and Erbil has weaved from the brink after the threat of the Kurds to leave the coalition government. Big problems are not addressed, but it seems to me that none of the parties does not want to inflame the crisis now, So they will continue now by half temporary. "
The two sides were more willing to dialogue now it is not only because of the departure of the hardline al-Maliki, Vaovernmtan suffering from financial pressures necessarily Tdfhma to approach each other. And exports of crude oil to both of them - the main source of Iraqi revenues - are suffering because of low oil prices and because of the inability to export hundreds of thousands of barrels a day from the northern oil fields.
Reed says, "The common exports from North intensify - including Kirkuk and the rest of the Kurdish regions - would help Iraq to emerge from the financial crisis faster." Kurds suffer from wilting budgets in the absence of constitutional funding and rising expenses, and even though they have begun to export their oil in November and has faced a series of legal problems and could not make up for the financial shortfall until now.
He adds Reid "modules oil storage does not exist, and the Kurds are not able to export enough oil quickly to cover private expenses with their entry in the war, so it is better for them to reach an agreement with Baghdad if they obtain a sufficient and steady payments as their enemy."
Fuad Hussein, stressed that the independence of the Kurds has become secondary for the time being because of the fighting Daash terrorist group "Our priority is to defeat Daash, and until then we can not talk about anything else."
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