7/14/2015
Baghdad
He denied the Kurdistan Alliance, on Tuesday, the existence of "initiative" to resolve financial disputes between the KRG and the central government, and stressed that the region "forced" to source the sale of oil from the fields in order to pay its employees' salaries, while pointing out that any negotiations between the two parties held depends on the seriousness The government in Baghdad.
The MP said the Kurdistan Alliance Secretary Baker said in an interview to the (long-Presse), that "the region is forced to sell the oil extracted from himself the Kurdistan region of fields and gives the necessary operational expenses," denying that "be declared to hold meetings between officials of the Government of the Territory and the federal government initiative to resolve the financial and oil Klavi between them. "
Baker added that "the contract between the governments in Baghdad and Erbil negotiations depends on the seriousness of the federal government to give a fair share of the province of federal revenues."
Baker said that "operating expenses, which include salaries of the region of 850 billion dinars per month," adding that "the region staff have not been paid since last April."
The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani warned, (July 9, 2015), of a major economic collapse may occur in the region because of the fighting against (Daash) and the presence of more than one million displaced people on its territory, and as pointed out that the region submitted a proposal for a new agreement oil between the two parties, he stressed The oil agreement between the two parties is not currently suitable for Kurdistan.
The National Alliance decided, on Tuesday (July 7, 2015), the formation of specialized committees with the government to follow the "setback" suffered by the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil and scarcity of water releases in the country, as he emphasized the need to follow up these issues of importance and gravity, noted the importance of accelerating the implementation of contracts signed with international bodies for the Liberation of the occupied territories of the organization (Daash).
Baghdad accuses Arbil, not to apply the terms of the oil agreement between the two sides and the failure to provide the full budget of the province with the sale of oil directly without reference to the central government, with assurances from the center the need to apply the Convention between the capital region and threats.
The Oil Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi in (30 May 2015), that the Baghdad agreement and Erbil remained "steadfast and present", and pointed out that the agreement "is final and can not be relied upon," With attributed the reasons for the differences between Baghdad and the provinces and the Kurdistan region not to approve the oil law and gas, warned of the increasing gaps in the oil agreement between the province and the center in the absence of approval and agreement on the details.
The two governments and the central province of Kurdistan agreed in (the second of December 2014), the allocation of part 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 oil.
The agreement also included the granting trillion and 200 billion dinars for the Peshmerga forces and the allocation of a percentage of the budget of the Ministry of Defense them.
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