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Escalation between Baghdad and Erbil, perhaps the most serious before the national meeting
Tawke oil field near Dahuk
Roa Haider
03.04.2012
Witnessed a crisis between the federal government and the Kurdistan region exacerbated over the last few days, which reveals that the differences between the two parties may be the most important reason to hinder development in Iraq, according to observers.
on Sunday announced the Kurdistan region to stop exporting the amount of oil produced by the amount of about 65 thousand barrels of oil a day, according to figures from the oil ministry in Baghdad, saying that Baghdad did not pay wages companies operating in the region about a year ago.
received the federal government in Baghdad on Monday to be charged to the authorities of the region of smuggling oil abroad, especially Iran and deprive the rest of Iraq from oil revenues Getaway As stated by the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, who spoke at a news conference in Baghdad in partnership with the oil minister, Abdul Karim and coffee.
Arbil accuses politicians in Baghdad chauvinism: the Kurdistan Regional Government responded to the statements of al-Shahristani, denying the charges against the smuggling of oil and the details with the Abdel Hamid Zebari Arbil: (denied the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq accusations against it of smuggling oil from fields in the region to Iran, stressing that these charges are baseless and accused al-Shahristani, to carry ideas chauvinism dreamy virtue of a central, rather than follow-up of corruption in the southern oil fields. in Meanwhile, confirmed by observers on the need to enact laws to regulate the export of oil and the distribution of returns, as stated in the Iraqi constitution.
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani announced yesterday at a news conference that Iraq has suffered a loss of six billion due to non-delivery of the Kurdistan region of oil produced in the region to the marketing company of the Federal Government as well as due to oil smuggling to Iran. said in a statement issued by spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, "denies a spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government (all) in a statement Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, and declares that the charges leveled by the region unfounded, because the Kurdistan Regional Government has dealt with the file of oil production and export according to the Iraqi constitution and the law of oil and gas in the region and the agreement with the federal government. "
said a spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government: "Some of the centers and the Iraqi parties may work the same mentality of past and think about the spirit of chauvinism and is opposed ratification of this law, so that the seizure of the wealth of this country illegally, and this is rejected by the Kurdistan region. " spokesman denied the Kurdistan Regional Government accusations that I talked about the survival of the amount of six billion dollars to the Kurdistan Regional Government of the amounts of the sale of oil, and added : "the Federal Government a range of financial benefits in the areas of the Peshmerga, oil, and the budget have not paid yet, and several years ago and despite repeated promises and the existence of constitutional provisions are clear in this area."
stressed the statement the Kurdistan Regional Government as: "If the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister keen on the wealth of public in Iraq and the requirements of citizens, he has to follow the grand corruption that is in the southern oil fields in Basra and Amara, instead of filing charges against the Kurdistan Regional Government, which is a successful model in prosperity and reconstruction and democracy, "according to the statement. to that sees oil expert Dr Ali Blue Member of the Commission on oil and gas earlier in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and an expert on oil earlier in the Ministry of Natural Resources Government of the Region, finds that the region is dealing with a file of oil and gas, as stated in the Iraqi constitution, he said in a statement to Radio Free Iraq: "Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani is not due to the Iraqi constitution does not care how to apply the constitution as much attention to the direction the charges to the Kurdistan region because if we look at the laws of Iraq in force on the oil, all done by Hussain al-Shahristani is not related to Iraqi law.
In the Kurdistan Region All are aware that Article 112 of the Iraqi constitution gave the right of the region to contribute with the Iraqi government in the oil fields discovered after 2003, as well as in the management of oil fields. " said Blue on the need to enact laws that regulate this process to put an end to the accusations that appear from time to time between the Federal Government, region and added: "The solution is Back to the federal government to the Iraqi constitution and the enactment of the oil and gas under the present Constitution to be the distribution of powers between the center and the region and oil-producing provinces and resolve this issue forever. ") and Reuters news agency noted in a report aired on this matter, that the basis of the dispute oil between Baghdad and Erbil, and the accusation of smuggling not about the amount of oil smuggled as much as the sharing of powers which otherwise affect the outcome on the participation of major oil companies in the world in economic growth in Iraq.
note that the difference between Baghdad and Erbil is not limited to the issue of exploitation of oil wealth, but the powers of political and disputed territories also. Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Mesopotamia, Amer Hassan Fayyad felt that the reason lies in not adopting the law of oil and gas so far and which is supposed to govern the exploitation of this oil wealth and the distribution of revenues and here continue bickering between the parties concerned, in his view. political analyst Hamid Fadel saw his part that the relationship barbed already between Baghdad and Erbil, pointing out that the region acts as a state and make decisions unilaterally tried to bypass the existence of the federal government.
This is known that there are alliances job to do between the National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance, however, a political analyst Hamid Fadel felt that Everything could change, especially with the growing gap in the dispute between the Shiites and the Kurds, he said. This energy minister said in the Kurdistan region drastically, in an interview with Reuters news agency, said that the region will not resume oil exports until the Baghdad to pay their dues for companies operating in the region He said there was an earlier agreement in this regard. Is the National Conference will be held in any case, this escalation between Baghdad and Erbil will have a significant impact certainly on the national meeting which is supposed to take place on the fifth of this month, a Thursday.
The question now is: will be held this conference? Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Mesopotamia, Amer Hassan Fayyad was not surprised at all not to the national meeting and said that Iraqi politicians are accustomed to and Audohna to intensify pressure exchanged with the approach of any event or an important meeting, as he put it then criticized the partners in Iraq, saying that the political partnership in this country, devoid of meaning and has lost its meaning completely warning that raising the ceiling of demands is usually between Allashrkae and not between the partners. Fayyad noted that Iraqi politicians can not bear the responsibility of historical properly warned of the impact of such differences people in general, especially since the politicians who hold office thanks to the voters themselves do not is, and expressed confidence that Iraqi citizens are fully capable of discrimination between the wheat from the chaff.
this and received the Kurdistan region of 17 percent of Iraqi oil revenues from the federal government and in return, is supposed to sell the Kurds all of what they produce from oil through Baghdad. However, the province says it has the right to negotiate with foreign companies and the signing of oil contracts with what is seen as the central government such contracts are illegal has prevented the companies operating in the territory of the region from oil exports are illegal, forcing the sale of oil in the domestic market and low prices. and the Oil Ministry in Baghdad had warned earlier this month, the likelihood of incurring the public treasury of the state huge losses due to reduced KRG oil exports, noting that the province has promised to export 175 thousand barrels of oil a day, but there has been no more of 65 thousand barrels of oil per day only. more in the audio file attached and contributed to the Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Baghdad and in Erbil, Mohammed Karim Abdel Hamid Zebari
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Tawke oil field near Dahuk
Roa Haider
03.04.2012
Witnessed a crisis between the federal government and the Kurdistan region exacerbated over the last few days, which reveals that the differences between the two parties may be the most important reason to hinder development in Iraq, according to observers.
on Sunday announced the Kurdistan region to stop exporting the amount of oil produced by the amount of about 65 thousand barrels of oil a day, according to figures from the oil ministry in Baghdad, saying that Baghdad did not pay wages companies operating in the region about a year ago.
received the federal government in Baghdad on Monday to be charged to the authorities of the region of smuggling oil abroad, especially Iran and deprive the rest of Iraq from oil revenues Getaway As stated by the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani, who spoke at a news conference in Baghdad in partnership with the oil minister, Abdul Karim and coffee.
Arbil accuses politicians in Baghdad chauvinism: the Kurdistan Regional Government responded to the statements of al-Shahristani, denying the charges against the smuggling of oil and the details with the Abdel Hamid Zebari Arbil: (denied the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq accusations against it of smuggling oil from fields in the region to Iran, stressing that these charges are baseless and accused al-Shahristani, to carry ideas chauvinism dreamy virtue of a central, rather than follow-up of corruption in the southern oil fields. in Meanwhile, confirmed by observers on the need to enact laws to regulate the export of oil and the distribution of returns, as stated in the Iraqi constitution.
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Hussain al-Shahristani announced yesterday at a news conference that Iraq has suffered a loss of six billion due to non-delivery of the Kurdistan region of oil produced in the region to the marketing company of the Federal Government as well as due to oil smuggling to Iran. said in a statement issued by spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, "denies a spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government (all) in a statement Hussein al-Shahristani, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister, and declares that the charges leveled by the region unfounded, because the Kurdistan Regional Government has dealt with the file of oil production and export according to the Iraqi constitution and the law of oil and gas in the region and the agreement with the federal government. "
said a spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government: "Some of the centers and the Iraqi parties may work the same mentality of past and think about the spirit of chauvinism and is opposed ratification of this law, so that the seizure of the wealth of this country illegally, and this is rejected by the Kurdistan region. " spokesman denied the Kurdistan Regional Government accusations that I talked about the survival of the amount of six billion dollars to the Kurdistan Regional Government of the amounts of the sale of oil, and added : "the Federal Government a range of financial benefits in the areas of the Peshmerga, oil, and the budget have not paid yet, and several years ago and despite repeated promises and the existence of constitutional provisions are clear in this area."
stressed the statement the Kurdistan Regional Government as: "If the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister keen on the wealth of public in Iraq and the requirements of citizens, he has to follow the grand corruption that is in the southern oil fields in Basra and Amara, instead of filing charges against the Kurdistan Regional Government, which is a successful model in prosperity and reconstruction and democracy, "according to the statement. to that sees oil expert Dr Ali Blue Member of the Commission on oil and gas earlier in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and an expert on oil earlier in the Ministry of Natural Resources Government of the Region, finds that the region is dealing with a file of oil and gas, as stated in the Iraqi constitution, he said in a statement to Radio Free Iraq: "Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani is not due to the Iraqi constitution does not care how to apply the constitution as much attention to the direction the charges to the Kurdistan region because if we look at the laws of Iraq in force on the oil, all done by Hussain al-Shahristani is not related to Iraqi law.
In the Kurdistan Region All are aware that Article 112 of the Iraqi constitution gave the right of the region to contribute with the Iraqi government in the oil fields discovered after 2003, as well as in the management of oil fields. " said Blue on the need to enact laws that regulate this process to put an end to the accusations that appear from time to time between the Federal Government, region and added: "The solution is Back to the federal government to the Iraqi constitution and the enactment of the oil and gas under the present Constitution to be the distribution of powers between the center and the region and oil-producing provinces and resolve this issue forever. ") and Reuters news agency noted in a report aired on this matter, that the basis of the dispute oil between Baghdad and Erbil, and the accusation of smuggling not about the amount of oil smuggled as much as the sharing of powers which otherwise affect the outcome on the participation of major oil companies in the world in economic growth in Iraq.
note that the difference between Baghdad and Erbil is not limited to the issue of exploitation of oil wealth, but the powers of political and disputed territories also. Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Mesopotamia, Amer Hassan Fayyad felt that the reason lies in not adopting the law of oil and gas so far and which is supposed to govern the exploitation of this oil wealth and the distribution of revenues and here continue bickering between the parties concerned, in his view. political analyst Hamid Fadel saw his part that the relationship barbed already between Baghdad and Erbil, pointing out that the region acts as a state and make decisions unilaterally tried to bypass the existence of the federal government.
This is known that there are alliances job to do between the National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance, however, a political analyst Hamid Fadel felt that Everything could change, especially with the growing gap in the dispute between the Shiites and the Kurds, he said. This energy minister said in the Kurdistan region drastically, in an interview with Reuters news agency, said that the region will not resume oil exports until the Baghdad to pay their dues for companies operating in the region He said there was an earlier agreement in this regard. Is the National Conference will be held in any case, this escalation between Baghdad and Erbil will have a significant impact certainly on the national meeting which is supposed to take place on the fifth of this month, a Thursday.
The question now is: will be held this conference? Dean of the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Mesopotamia, Amer Hassan Fayyad was not surprised at all not to the national meeting and said that Iraqi politicians are accustomed to and Audohna to intensify pressure exchanged with the approach of any event or an important meeting, as he put it then criticized the partners in Iraq, saying that the political partnership in this country, devoid of meaning and has lost its meaning completely warning that raising the ceiling of demands is usually between Allashrkae and not between the partners. Fayyad noted that Iraqi politicians can not bear the responsibility of historical properly warned of the impact of such differences people in general, especially since the politicians who hold office thanks to the voters themselves do not is, and expressed confidence that Iraqi citizens are fully capable of discrimination between the wheat from the chaff.
this and received the Kurdistan region of 17 percent of Iraqi oil revenues from the federal government and in return, is supposed to sell the Kurds all of what they produce from oil through Baghdad. However, the province says it has the right to negotiate with foreign companies and the signing of oil contracts with what is seen as the central government such contracts are illegal has prevented the companies operating in the territory of the region from oil exports are illegal, forcing the sale of oil in the domestic market and low prices. and the Oil Ministry in Baghdad had warned earlier this month, the likelihood of incurring the public treasury of the state huge losses due to reduced KRG oil exports, noting that the province has promised to export 175 thousand barrels of oil a day, but there has been no more of 65 thousand barrels of oil per day only. more in the audio file attached and contributed to the Radio Free Iraq correspondent in Baghdad and in Erbil, Mohammed Karim Abdel Hamid Zebari
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