Abadi: no KRG payments before full exports

[SoGrateful]

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he will not authorize budget payments to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) until it begins meeting the full oil export targets mandated in the 2015 budget. In a briefing to political leaders, Abadi said money would be transferred to Erbil “only if Kurdistan meets the terms of the oil deal and exports 550,000 bpd,” said Aram Sheik Hassan, deputy speaker of Iraq's Parliament, in a press conference in Baghdad following the briefing.

 

http://www.iraqoilreport.com/beyond-the-headlines/abadi-no-krg-payments-full-exports-14123/

[captl1]

Good for Abadi! Stand strong on the agreement!

[tlars brother]

there is not and never was a problem with the Kurds, all just manufactured BS.

[vietnam1969]

I thought all this had been settled already with the approval of the budget.  here we go again.   Round 2 ------ ding(bell ring)     

[Deborah Layne]

This doesn't ring true to me. Why would he suddenly take such a hard line with Barzani? It seems almost antagonistic.

Edited February 20, 2015 by Deborah Layne

[tlars brother]

there is no hard line, just the facts m'am.  He is basically saying we have a deal(which there always was a deal) and this is how it works.  He is just trying to keep the SOL crowd subdued.

[TrinityeXchange]

This doesn't ring true to me. Why would he suddenly take such a hard line with Barzani?

because he has to.  these dudes (talking about both sides) will take a mile if given an inch.  this is good for us because abadi is forcing EVERYBODY to abide by the LAW!  and law has been missing for a long time.  if the contract says it, then DO it.  

[Deborah Layne]

Alright, I can understand that. It still just seems ...antagonistic. I don't think Kurdistan has withheld and played games for years and years. That would be Baghdad.

I hope Barzani doesn't take offense is all. Maybe I read it out of context

---This was a comment made by a friend of mine

They have wanted a level of production that the Kurds have been telling them they don't even have the equipment built yet on; that has been a big point B has been making.

So...?

Edited February 20, 2015 by Deborah Layne

[TrinityeXchange]

rest assured Deb that they all play the wonderful game of politics.  everybody positions themselves to come out a little bit better than when they went in.  the Kurds are no exception.  these people have been merchants by trade for centuries.  negotiations is what they do by the age of 2 LOL.  good thing for us is that they know what is at stake and this is why we continue reading that they are amicably working things out.  we have come a long ways from the days when they were walking out of meetings and refusing to return baghdad requiring the united states to intervene and repair the relationship.  we are seeing friendly negotiations between merchants.

[Deborah Layne]

Good answer, Trinity. Thanks

[Laid Back]

Respect the HCL agreement, and I will send you the money..... Abadi.

[sandfly]

THANKS