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Sources close to Barzani: Kurdistan does not intend to withdraw from the government
13/03/2013 07:58
BAGHDAD / Center Brief for the Iraqi Media Network of (IMN) - Sources close to the President of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, the Kurdistan Alliance does not intend to withdraw from the government because of approving the budget without his consent. said sources, who asked not to be identified for (IMN) "The coalition Kurdistan agreed to stay in the government and not to withdraw from it. " and revealed the existence of parliamentary blocs - unnamed - put pressure on the Kurdistan Alliance to withdraw its ministers from the government. rejected and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, making any statement on the withdrawal of ministers Kurds from the government, saying only for ( IMN) that "there are no signs of withdrawal." The local news agencies had earlier announced Tuesday that Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, has said that ministers Kurds are ready to withdraw from the government if approved by Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani. and Cabinet held its usual, Tuesday, in the absence of Ministers of the Kurdistan Alliance and Iraqi forces. and informed source in the Council of Ministers, Tuesday, that the Council held a meeting in the absence of Ministers Kurds and ministers of Iraq, as he emphasized the presence of the Minister of Electricity Karim Aftan and Defense Minister agency Saadoun Dulaimi addition to Minister of State Torhan Mufti. Council voted Representatives, last Thursday, the federal budget law for the year 2013, in the absence of members of the Kurdistan Alliance and the number of members of the Iraqi List, after he could not find a solution to the contentious points in the budget, including the mechanism to pay dues to oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region.
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