Author: Bian5 on: Tue 03/18/2014 12:13
News Source: Baghdad / 1 report
BAGHDAD / WAP / A spokesman for the Oil Ministry, Assem Jihad, on Tuesday, that any agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government did not currently being on the mechanism of the export of oil, while noting Kurdish lawmaker that any agreement not happening now, he stressed that there are meetings close between the two sides .
The mechanism of oil exports from the Kurdistan region, one of the main problems between the Governments of the center and the province, which was the reason for the delay in approving the budget for the year 2014, three months after the start of the new year.
Said Jihad told Baghdad International / WAP /, that "there are issues that are still stuck between the Governments of the region and the center, has not been agreed upon so far, explaining that" the reason for the existence of some of the outstanding issues between the two sides back to the interruption of the recent meetings between them and the lack of agreement on the mechanism of the final " .
He added that "the perspective of the Ministry of Oil regarding the mechanism of export, emphasizes the need to be export in accordance with the standards set, and go export revenues in a special fund revenues of Iraq, adding that" Iraq is a member organization Transparency International and it disclosed its imports continuously. "
He noted that "the Kurdistan region did not deliver oil imports for the years (2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013), and now we got to the year 2014, there are circles regulator demanding disclosure of the fate of those imports."
Locked in Baghdad and Erbil constant conflict about the mechanism of export of oil from the Kurdistan region, as Kurds say autonomy gives them constitutional rights to exploit and export of oil and gas resources enormous own.
. Earlier, the federal government held with the Kurdistan region of three rounds of high-level meetings to agree on the terms of the energy deal between Arbil - Ankara, but did not continue the talks failed, causing the Kurds to boycott parliament sessions.
Kurdistan Alliance MP Qassim Mohammed, confirmed the absence of any agreement between the Governments of the current center and the region, about the mechanism of the export of oil, but he pointed out that there are meetings may close by the positive result for both parties.
He told Baghdad International / WAP / "The meetings were cut between the Governments of the center and the province, and there was no agreement yet, and wait for the work of the Committee which was formed in order to create a final version of the budget."
Sources, parliamentary, told Baghdad International / WAP / "The United States of America, entered the on-line crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, in order to end the problems and to reach an agreement to end the recurring problems in the draft budget." / End 1
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