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Minister of Peshmerga: outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil have not yet been resolved
On: Wednesday 25/1/2012 8:06
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The Minister of Peshmerga, the Kurdistan Regional Government, the Iraqi government of the Federal and the Kurdistan region agreed several years ago about the legal rights of the Peshmerga forces, such as budget and the formation of two regiments Kurdish, but Baghdad has not carried out.
Jaafar said Sheikh Mustafa was "not the problems of the Peshmerga, but None of the outstanding problems between the province and Baghdad have not been resolved, and attempts were made to more complexity. "
"We have been busy with Baghdad in about five years, to hold meetings and talks and hundreds of meetings, regarding the problems of the Peshmerga, Vetosalna evacuated for about two years to some of the conventions, on the number and budget of the Peshmerga."
He pointed out that the two sides "agreed to be the territory of Kurdistan 190 thousand Peshmerga, to be referred 90 thousand of them to retirement and the appointment of 100 thousand guards the borders of the region, and there is another agreement between the regional president and Iraqi Prime Minister, and ordered its implementation, namely the formation of two divisions of the Iraqi army in the region (band 15 and 16) and the appointment of 30 thousand from those of the 100 thousand on the landlords the Iraqi army, and despite the completion of all procedures, but he had not been applied effectively. "
and on the budget of the Peshmerga, said Sheikh Mustafa said, "This is the sixth year that will consider the budget of the Peshmerga, was issued a law to secure budget of the Peshmerga forces and border guards by the federal government, but it was not implemented. "
The minister of Peshmerga for his belief, on the causes of this negative attitude of the Iraqi government, that "this political problem, and yet did not reach the Iraqi leaders to believe that the Kurds are the second national partners in this country. "
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