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The head of the Iraqi Council of Representatives Osama Najafi, on Friday, the need for an agreement between Baghdad and Erbil on the differences of oil to pass the general budget of the country, while pointing to the lack of obstruction Ankara any agreement between the two sides with the need to reach an agreement on oil pipeline to Turkey, predicted an official familiar with the talks between Baghdad and Erbil near agreement on resolving differences oil, pointing to the reverse in the three most important points of the choice between the two (SOMO and Como) to oversee the sales operations.
Nujaifi said in an interview with news agency Anatolia Turkish official, and briefed him (range), "The agreements on the issue of oil is now in its early stages and the absence of a final decision in this matter and the lack of agreement in Iraq would disrupt the ratification of the general budget in Parliament," he said, that "the ratification of the general budget has been delayed a lot and there is a need to accelerate the steps taken in this regard."
He Najafi "I expect that the views of the two sides are very close with each other and agree on oil has not been decided so far, but there is speculation in this regard on my part I'm trying to help as well," noting that "it's good to take the Iraq decision in this regard and the agreement between Iraqi Kurdistan and Baghdad would be appropriate. "
And between Najafi that "Turkish officials also told us that they would not obstruct any agreement between the KRG and Baghdad and said they Sidamoh."
The Chairman of the Iraqi Parliament to "the importance of reaching a joint decision by the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq on the controversial issue of the establishment of an oil pipeline to Turkey is heading."
And between Najafi that "the purpose of my visit to Ankara is to normalize bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries," noting that I "succeeded in bringing the views of the two countries."
Najafi was conducted on Thursday held separate talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
It was confirmed that the Kurdistan Alliance bloc, on the second of February, that there is progress in the talks between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government in the process of Kurdish oil exports.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has threatened last month to cut the share of the Kurdistan region from the general budget in the event of continued provincial government to export oil to Turkey without the approval of Baghdad, and several days later, deliberately House Speaker Osama Najafi to the suspension of the parliament session due to incomplete Quorum after the feet of the Kurdistan Alliance to withdraw before the start with the budget law.
For his part, Mohammed For familiar with the talks between Baghdad and Erbil, in an interview to Reuters and seen it (term), "There is an agreement on the horizon and we did not at any time before the close to this extent of agreement has been identifying issues that caused the crisis It was a major breakthrough. "
He added, for "according to the latest developments seen by the differences shrunk and there are three issues that now need to be resolved and is whether Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), or (Como) of the province is who will deal with the sales and the selection of the bank account the deposit of the revenue, Besides payments owed to the oil companies operating in Kurdistan. "
And the way that "Baghdad has agreed to pay 17 percent of the total revenue of the Kurds under the Iraqi constitution and thereafter each party will pay the outstanding payments to companies that contract with them, which would end the debate about the legality of the Kurdish contracts."
The way that "there is a debate is underway regarding the establishment of an entity comprised of representatives of the two companies, and is likely to be a joint work between the two sides and the case is harder to Baghdad is the bank account you want to deposit the revenue in the Development Fund for Iraq instead of depositing them in the bank Turkish government."
He pointed out that for "payments owed to the existing oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region is a major problem to be solved and the total amount owed to the companies for previous exports up to the equivalent value of about 50 million barrels."
Insists the central government on it alone Her right to export Iraqi resources, including the resources of the Kurdistan region, in contrast, says the Kurdistan Regional Government that the right to exploit and export reserves the province stipulated in the constitution of the Federal, acknowledged the provincial legislation of its own on oil and gas. The "Energy Ganl" one of the first companies that export oil from Kurdistan will benefit from solving the dispute between Baghdad and the region.
The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani said the beginning of February, the current, some progress in the talks and can reach a solution soon, while an official in the central government that the Kurds still insist on dealing with exports through the company marketing the province, which is rejected by Baghdad strongly, expecting not to get an imminent breakthrough in the talks.
In the past, Baghdad pay dues of companies operating in the fields of South First of revenue shared, then graduated share of the Kurds, and then had to be on the province to pay dues of companies that contract with them, which means the arrival of its share of total revenue to about ten per cent.
The foundations of the Kurds Marketing Organization of Petroleum in Kurdistan (Como) that insist on the need to mandate the implementation of the oil sales. Kurds say they welcome the arrival of any officials of the Oil Marketing Company (SOMO) of the central government to monitor the process.
The Development Fund for Iraq was established in 2003 by a resolution of the UN Security Council to receive sales revenue of Iraqi oil and gas, which is used in part to the efforts of the reconstruction of the country.
The Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced, earlier this month, there are about 220 000 barrels of oil by the Kurdistan filled tanks at Ceyhan waiting to reach a settlement in order to sell them to world markets.
The KRG has signed a series of agreements and Turkey on energy in November allows the export of oil and gas from the semi-autonomous region to the outside without the permission of the central government. Baghdad has threatened to sue companies that pump oil through the pipeline Kurdistan duration of which the provincial government, as the Iraqi authorities feel concerned about what it considers a step toward an independent state, provincial announcement about Iraq.
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