Bahaa al-Araji: Baghdad is committed to oil and Khalavtna agreement with Erbil "technical"
May 13, 2015
BAGHDAD / Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) - Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Bahaa al-Araji, confirmed that the federal government is committed to the oil agreement with Erbil, stressing that the current differences are not political but technical and there is a tendency to solve it radically.
He said al-Araji's (IMN) "The Federal Government is committed to the oil agreement with Erbil, the provincial government is required to increase production and export of oil up to 550 thousand b / d."
Araji said that "the Kurdistan region to export oil through the federal government SOMO export capacity of up to 550 000 b / d of crude oil." He pointed out that "security problems impeding the implementation of the agreement craftsman oil between Baghdad and Erbil, which requires sitting at the dialogue table again to proceed with the implementation."
Araji called "the political blocs not to confuse the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, and to use this file for political ends."
Araji said that "there is a paragraph in the general going forward stipulates that the federal government is committed to hand over 17% as much as it delivers its oil money issued by the province."
Araji and that "the budget law is for all the provinces and therefore we can deduct from other provinces like Basra, Ramadi and turn it into provinces of the region."
He continued that "the demands of the region to implement the oil accord regarding the export of 550 thousand b / d in exchange for 17% of the money to the budget and in the provinces of the region if not the obligation, the ratio would be reduced to below 17% and this Mamansos in the federal budget."
Araji added that "" If there was a failure in the export of oil by the Kurdistan region, it will affect all the provinces. "
A spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi earlier, the Federal Government is committed to the oil agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government, pointing out that the region's oil exports until now did not reach the ceiling the terms of the agreement.
And arrived Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to the Kurdistan region to activate the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil.
Said Nechirvan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government earlier that the federal government did not comply with the oil agreement, pointing out that the Kurdistan Regional Government is committed to implementing the oil accord.
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May 13, 2015
BAGHDAD / Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) - Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Bahaa al-Araji, confirmed that the federal government is committed to the oil agreement with Erbil, stressing that the current differences are not political but technical and there is a tendency to solve it radically.
He said al-Araji's (IMN) "The Federal Government is committed to the oil agreement with Erbil, the provincial government is required to increase production and export of oil up to 550 thousand b / d."
Araji said that "the Kurdistan region to export oil through the federal government SOMO export capacity of up to 550 000 b / d of crude oil." He pointed out that "security problems impeding the implementation of the agreement craftsman oil between Baghdad and Erbil, which requires sitting at the dialogue table again to proceed with the implementation."
Araji called "the political blocs not to confuse the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, and to use this file for political ends."
Araji said that "there is a paragraph in the general going forward stipulates that the federal government is committed to hand over 17% as much as it delivers its oil money issued by the province."
Araji and that "the budget law is for all the provinces and therefore we can deduct from other provinces like Basra, Ramadi and turn it into provinces of the region."
He continued that "the demands of the region to implement the oil accord regarding the export of 550 thousand b / d in exchange for 17% of the money to the budget and in the provinces of the region if not the obligation, the ratio would be reduced to below 17% and this Mamansos in the federal budget."
Araji added that "" If there was a failure in the export of oil by the Kurdistan region, it will affect all the provinces. "
A spokesman for the Office of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi earlier, the Federal Government is committed to the oil agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government, pointing out that the region's oil exports until now did not reach the ceiling the terms of the agreement.
And arrived Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to the Kurdistan region to activate the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil.
Said Nechirvan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government earlier that the federal government did not comply with the oil agreement, pointing out that the Kurdistan Regional Government is committed to implementing the oil accord.
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