3.11.2015
Long-Presse / Sulaymaniyah
Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari, on Wednesday, the determination of the central government to send the share of the Kurdistan region of the general budget "fully", and pointed out that the ministry will send another advance to Arbil, with the exception of Baghdad's comments about the lack of the Kurdistan region's commitment to the agreement of oil "is not valid ".
He said Hoshyar Zebari, during a press conference in Sulaimaniya on the sidelines of the third American University Forum, attended, (long-Presse), that "all the contentment of Baghdad will send the region's share of the public budget for the current year 2015, to Arbil and complete as it came in the General Budget Law ".
Zebari said that "sending the budget will depend on the foundations of the oil agreement signed between Erbil and Baghdad," noting that "the ministry will send another advance to the Kurdistan region."
Zebari promised that "Baghdad's comments about the lack of commitment to the agreement of the Kurdistan region to export oil is not true," stressing that "the region is committed to that agreement."
And launched in the province of Sulaymaniyah, on Wednesday (11 March 2015), the activities of the third American University forum attended by representatives of European and Arab countries and Vice President Osama Najafi and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jubouri, and his deputy, Hamoudi, while calling the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Barham Salih, to resolve outstanding differences between Baghdad and Erbil.
The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani announced, in the 23 February 2015, he brought with him from Turkey during the recent visit of $ 500 million to pay the salaries of the staff of the Kurdistan region.
The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Barzani revealed, in the (February 16, 2015), for the Baghdad to pay salaries to its employees every 40 days, and confirmed that the central government "bankrupt" and undergoing a financial crisis, and said that the right of the region cut off oil exports in the event of non-receipt of allowances agreed, as pointed out that the agreement provides for sending more than one trillion dinars from Baghdad to Arbil.
The head of the Iraqi Council of Ministers Haider Abadi stressed, in the (February 16, 2015), that Iraq faces many challenges including the decline in oil prices and their impact on the budget and the security challenge, and stressed the need for concerted efforts to liberate the city of Mosul and the rest areas in coordination between Baghdad and Erbil, and as pointed out that the government is committed to resolving the problems with the Kurdistan region in accordance with the Constitution, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani stressed the keenness of the region to communicate with Baghdad to solve all the problems.
The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani, in (January 28, 2015), that there is a misunderstanding with the central government on the export of oil, and pointed out that the region will not issue more than the agreed amount, and as pointed out that Kurdistan is facing the biggest financial problem, he stressed that the government is obliged to take special measures to address them.
Agreed the central and Kurdistan governments in the (second from December 2014), to allocate a portion of the federal allocations of Iraqi ground forces to the Peshmerga forces, and delivery of the Kurdistan Regional Government, 250 thousand barrels of oil per day in addition to the export of Iraq 300 thousand barrels per day of Kirkuk.
With the agreement also included the granting of a trillion and 200 billion dinars for the Peshmerga forces and the allocation of a percentage of the budget of the Ministry of Defense have.
It is noteworthy that several cities in the Kurdistan region, especially Sulaymaniyah, (364 km northeast of Baghdad), and Erbil, witnessed during the last period, staff demonstrations to protest the delay in payment of salaries, three months.
It is noteworthy that the former head of the federal government, Nouri al-Maliki, cut the region's budget, and the salaries of its employees, since last February 2014, due to differences between the parties on the oil file.
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