7.22.2015
Sulaymaniyah
Kurdistan Regional Government confirmed on Wednesday that it would not remain "captive However," Baghdad with respect to the oil file, but pointed out that it issued during the first 19 days of the month of July present more than 11 million barrels of oil, while regretted sending Baghdad billion and 800 million dollars only from the region benefits amounting to six billion dinars during the first six months.
A spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government Sven Dzia, in an interview with a number of media Kurdish I followed (range Press), that "the region will not be captivated, however Baghdad anymore in relation to the oil file, because the lack of Baghdad's commitment to oil Convention concluded between them paid for the export of oil is independent. "
Dzia expressed "regret for sending Baghdad billion and has $ 800 million of the six billion dinars in the first six months of this year, are the benefits of the Kurdistan region," stressing that "money is not enough to cover the current needs of the region and business expenses."
He attributed Dzia reason "to take the territory of its political decision on the export of oil to the world markets for financial source securing necessary to provide services to citizens, especially the budget to provide the employees' salaries on time," adding that "the region was issued during the first 19 days of this month, more than 11 million barrels of oil to the world market directly. "
The Dzia "Government of the Territory's commitment to the principle of negotiation and dialogue with Baghdad to reach a suitable agreement in the interest of all sides and that will benefit everyone in line and the current reality."
The federal government signed with the Kurdistan Regional Government, in (the second of December 2014 the past), the Convention requires that the Kurdistan Regional Government to export 550 thousand barrels of oil per day from fields and fields of Kirkuk, for sending the federal government's budget territory amounting to 17 percent of the budget public, but that agreement collapsed after the two sides exchanged accusations over the lack of commitment to them.
The Kurdistan Regional Government, confirmed in (the 17th of June 2015), it will be forced to take legal ways to address the financial and economic crisis in the region, if "Baghdad did not comply with" the budget law, and has then to export oil directly without handed over to the Iraqi Marketing Company (SOMO) .
The government crisis cell, confirmed Wednesday, (July 15 from the current 2015), on the need to adhere to the Convention on the delivery of oil Kurdistan region's oil and dues amounts, according to the law of the federal budget for the current year 2015.
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