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Secretary general of the Ministry of Peshmerga in Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, on Thursday, that the population of the Peshmerga forces reached 200 000 fighters including 40 000 retired, and counted as part of the defense system of Iraq, and as he emphasized that share the ministry of Iraq's budget amounted to 13 trillion dinars since 2007 , pointed out that Baghdad had not received the provincial government so far.
The Secretary General of the Ministry of Peshmerga Jabbar Yawar said in an interview to the (long-Presse), "The process of unification of the Peshmerga forces launched since 2010," stressing that "Because of the infighting and the events of the pre-1998 Peshmerga forces were divided between political parties."
He said Yawar that "the current year of 2013, will see the completion of the 13 Brigade to have a composition of 22 Brigade of the Peshmerga 20 Brigade, including infantry and two attribution," adding that "the Kurdistan Regional Government is working on building the strength of the Peshmerga and standardization."
He said al-Yawar that "the number of the Peshmerga forces arrived to the current 120 000 people in addition to the 40 000 troops from the backup and also retired 40 000, to be the sum total of the Peshmerga forces 200 000," returned "the Peshmerga part of the Iraqi defense system."
Yawar stressed that "since 2007 and until 2013, the ministry's share amounted to 13 trillion Iraqi dinars from the budget for Iraq," stressing that "Baghdad did not send money to the Kurdistan Regional Government so far."
He pointed out that al-Yawar, "Government of the Territory deduct part of the budget allocated to the service ministries and the Peshmerga but does not meet the requirements of the ministry."
It is noteworthy that the benefits of the Peshmerga is one of the main points of contention between the central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, as a student of the Kurdistan Alliance, in (21 October 2013), the central government to increase entitlements Peshmerga forces and the allocations of Article 140 in the budget of 2014, and drew to the city government for the territory of seven trillion dinars, called upon to resolve all outstanding issues between them across the negotiating committees "in order not to be election propaganda."
The Kurdistan Alliance, expressed in (16 October 2013), "surprise" of the absence of a representative within the mini-committee formed by the Council of Ministers to discuss the budget in 2014, and between that budget "did not address any problem" of the financial problems of the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, and student "pay 7 trillion dinars accrued cumulative Peshmerga forces have not paid by the government seven years ago", while stressing that "because of the struggle and sacrifices of the Peshmerga sat Prime Minister on the seat of government," accused the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani as "the cause of the financial problems of the relationship between Arbil and Kurdistan as a result of his failure and hatred.
The Kurdistan Alliance, in (August 5, 2013), that put guards Kurdistan region (Peshmerga) the disposal of the federal government in the fight against terrorism depends on the outcome of the talks, which will take place between Baghdad and Erbil, refusing to immerse those forces "to protect the authority or in raids, random or be However, pliers someone. "
He announced the Kurdistan Alliance, in (the fourth of August 2013), that the President of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani presented a proposal for the development of the Peshmerga forces at the disposal of the federal government in the fight against "terrorism."
It also announced that the Ministry of Peshmerga in Kurdistan Regional Government, in (the fourth of August 2013), too, is ready to send troops fighting "terrorism" in any place in Iraq, if requested by the Federal Ministry of Defense that.
Noteworthy differences between Arbil and Baghdad escalated dramatically after the incident Tuz Khurmatu (80 km south of Kirkuk), in the (16 November 2012), which was marred by clashes between Iraqi forces, a joint army and police force of Asayish (Kurdish security) has been mandated to protect the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) led by Jalal Talabani, amid the elimination reality between (the provinces of Kirkuk and Salah al-Din), a predominantly Turkmen, and killing one civilian and wounding four asayesh and three policemen and a soldier, and was followed by clashes political escalation between Kurdish leaders and the head of government and move to military sectors backed by artillery and tanks to the areas disputed by the parties.
To announce the Presidency of the Republic of Iraq, on the 13th of December 2012, to reach an agreement "was Ptedeid" Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Kurdish regional president Massoud Barzani, to stop all the media campaigns that lead to spasm relations and friction, as well as to agree on a meeting of the military commissions - Technical jurisdiction in order to form groups of the population of the disputed areas to provide protection to her, which stopped the clash was imminent between Iraqi forces and the Peshmerga.
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