Parliamentary power: Kurds did not provide a convincing justification for non-commitment to pay oil money

[Jaygo]

11 minutes ago, nannab said:

This sounds awful but I hope that the Kurds give Malarki a twenty one machine

gun salute as a welcome.  Thank ya Yota 

Right???? Why is this hack talking to anyone official???? Nobody trusts him and he is a thief!!! 

[6ly410]

 

[6ly410]

 

Kurdistan prepared to send oil – if Baghdad meets obligations: KRG source

By Rudaw 5 hours ago 

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An oil pipeline in the Kurdistan Region. Photo: Rudaw

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Baghdad can expect to receive 250,000 barrels of oil per day from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) if it meets its own commitments to pay the Region’s civil servants, repays debts to oil firms, and supplies an adequate budget, a KRG source told Rudaw. 

Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani are taking part in a meeting of the KRG’s oil and gas committee to discuss the budget, oil, and economic relations between Erbil and Baghdad, the source said.

“The Kurdistan Region is prepared on condition to send 250,000 oil barrels to Baghdad daily,” the source told Rudaw, provided “Baghdad too is prepared to send salaries of Kurdistan Region employees, is committed to paying off the debts owed to oil companies, and dedicate functional budget.” 

KRG Finance Minister Rebaz Hamlan will present a report about the Region’s expenses and revenues, and Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami will present a report on its oil revenues, Rudaw has learned. 

The meeting will also cover the agreement between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad on the budget, civil servant salaries, and Kurdistan Region oil exports.

Independent oil exports by the KRG have always been a sticking point in relations between the central and regional governments. Tensions boiled over in 2014 when the Iraqi government cut the region’s budget share.

The KRG has argued it can sell its oil according to the Iraqi constitution, while Iraq argues oil sales are a strictly federal matter. The vague, inconclusive nature of the issue stems from the document’s writ.

Article 111 of the constitution stipulates that oil and gas are owned by Iraqis “in all the regions and governorates”. Article 112’s first and second sections provide vague detail.

In the first section, the federal government “shall undertake the management of oil and gas extracted from present fields” with the producing governorates and regional governments, and for the revenues to be distributed proportional to population in a “fair manner.”

The second section of the document agreed upon in 2005 stipulates that the federal government, with the producing regional or governorate governments, “shall together formulate the necessary strategic policies to develop the oil and gas wealth”. The two articles are vague and both governments have interpreted it differently.

This has led to crippling financial crises, coupled with a drop in oil prices, and the onset of the costly war against ISIS. The KRG had to slash the salaries of its public employees.

However, after the events of October 2017, Iraq agreed to send 317 billion Iraqi dinars ($266 million) to supplement the loss of the Region’s oil revenues to pay public servants.

Under the administration of current Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, relations have improved. The 2019 budget is soon to be implemented.

The new budget bill has a protection for civil servants in the Kurdistan Region. No longer will their salaries be cut if the KRG does not hand over the oil. Rather, Baghdad could cut other non-salary related budgets for the KRG.

[ChuckFinley]

Ton of articles about Oil and Gas.  

[6ly410]

Iraqi PM: I Will Defend Kurdistan More Than Kurds Do

 

BasNews 28/02/2019 - 01:07 Published in Kurdistan

 

 

 

ERBIL - Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi has said that he will defend the Kurdistan Region more than the Kurds do.

The Iraqi premier made the remarks during a meeting with the Deputy Parliament Speaker Bashir Hadad on Wednesday.

Hadad also reminded that Abdul-Mahdi fought alongside the Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga forces against the former Iraqi Baath regime for four years at the time.

Meanwhile, he revealed that Nouri al-Maliki, a former Prime Minister and head of State of Law coalition, will pay a visit to Erbil in the near future.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/504765

 

Edited February 28, 2019 by 6ly410

[10 YEARS LATER]

I know what he's on about with this defending the Kurds statement. . . we all realize what they've been through in the past at the hands of the Iraqis . . . however, it does ring of pandering.

 

Whatever it takes to get the Kurds to play ball . . . Action always speaks louder than words. The followup will be most important.

[3n1]

4 minutes ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

I know what he's on about with this defending the Kurds statement. . . we all realize what they've been through in the past at the hands of the Iraqis . . . however, it does ring of pandering.

 

Whatever it takes to get the Kurds to play ball . . . Action always speaks louder than words. The followup will be most important.

 

Agree 10 , not sure about Maliki being a wonderful caring Iraqi statesman now IMO he could care less unless the state of law or he is fixin to personally benefit or he must be in fear of missing out on a huge corrupt deal going down in Kurdistan and wants in ( sarcasm implied  ) ... 

[GreedyDinar07]

This is paramount! Iraq PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi fought alongside with the Peshmerga Forces against the Baath regime. The Baath Party was an extension of Saddam Hussein who gassed 250000 Kurds ...These guys were in the trenches together...and Dr.Shabibi is working in England.Awesome!! Keep moving forward Iraq. Too many lives have been lost to loose your rightful place on the International Stage. It is very ironic that PM Adil's last name is Mahdi. The Great Mahdi is the one to return in Islam as the Savior..!! We will see......!!
 

[Butifldrm]

27-02-2019 05:07 PM

Prime Minister: There is no alternative to cooperation between the Center and the provinces to achieve success and achievements

 

 

Baghdad:

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said on Wednesday that he is to discuss the cooperation between the federal government and the provinces, noting that all officials in the federal government and the provinces partners in the success and achievement.

Abdul Mahdi, during his chairmanship of the second meeting of the Supreme Commission for Coordination between the provinces in its third session, called for 'cooperation to solve the overlapping problems and continue with plans that stimulate the economy and achieve public interest and work to give priority in providing electricity to citizens and poor areas.

 "The energy level will reach more than eighteen thousand megawatts and we have provided the necessary funds to achieve," he said. An increase in energy and there are ten stations will be opened in the next phase, as well as the conclusion of new development contracts, and if combined all efforts will be the situation next summer better than before.

The statement added that the meeting discussed plans for development, stability and development of service projects and agricultural plans in the provinces and discussed many issues and proposals related to the distribution of electric power, road and bridge services, levies and fees, appointments of directorates of education and lecturers, In the light of the general census of the population, and took the necessary recommendations and decisions thereon '.

http://www.ikhnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=185495

 

 

[6ly410]

http://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/interview/28022019

Political advisor reveals KRG is considering a Minister of Federal Affairs

By Rudaw 4 hours ago 

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Masoud Haider, a political advisor to KDP President Masoud Barzani, speaks on Rudaw TV on February 27, 2019. Photo: Rudaw TV

Masoud Haider has previously served as a Change Movement (Gorran) MP in Baghdad and now works as a senior advisor for KDP President Masoud Barzani. In an interview with Rudaw English on Wednesday, he discussed ways to improve relations between Erbil and Baghdad.

A new ministerial post is being discussed within the KRG, the Minister of Federal Affairs. The role would streamline relations between Erbil and Kurdistani politicians and entities within the federal government.

Haider also discusses the possibility of US forces leaving Syria and being stationed in the Kurdistan Region or elsewhere in Iraq. Haider believes it is important for the Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga to continue discussions with the Iraqi Army for joint patrols in the disputed areas. 

The finance advisor also touches on Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi's relations with the KRG, compared to his predecessors and a recent audit by Deloitte, revealing $1.3 billion in oil revenues in the third quarter of 2018.

On Wednesday, high-level delegates from most of the major parties in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq convened in Baghdad with Iraqi President Barham Salih. Haider explained the meeting was to discuss a continued US troop presence and services for Iraqis. 


What would this new position of KRG Minister of Federal Affairs do? Would it help to speed up the problem of the lack of communications between Erbil and Baghdad? What's the goal?

In my experience as an Iraqi MP, it was very difficult to coordinate and communicate with the institutions in the KRG. The idea is to establish a Minister of Federal Affairs in the KRG cabinet to coordinate with the Kurdish blocs, with the Kurdish ministers in Baghdad, and with all the Kurdish representatives in all the federal institutions. 

In this way it will be easier to communicate, to coordinate because sometimes when we had some legislation it was very difficult. The response in the KRG was late. We couldn't get feedback from them as to which way we should move. The idea by the politicians here today and the government in general is to have this minister coordinate all the issues between Baghdad and the institutions in the KRG.

Today, there was a very large meeting with representatives from all major Iraqi and Kurdistani political parties in Baghdad. What do you expect to come out of this meeting?

They had a statement. But my information is they discussed many issues in Iraq and the security after defeating ISIS because ISIS is forming a challenge in the disputed areas especially in small groups. And we see each day and every day they have military operations. We think it's important to coordinate the forces — the Iraqi forces with the Peshmerga in the disputed areas to guarantee security for society, for all groups in those regions. 

And one of the other issues was discussing American military troops in Iraq — discussion the situation with Iraqi political parties and blocs. They say they don't need them anymore in Iraq because ISIS isn't here anymore as a state, but on the other side we think it's important to have those military troops in Iraq because we need them to rebuild the Iraqi military and not to have the same experience like in 2011. We sent them out and then we found ISIS on the ground and it cost Iraqi people a huge amount of people and also the economy to defeat them... 

There are many other issues they discussed today. I think those kinds of meetings are important for the Iraqi political [scene] — to have it maybe each term, each three months to discuss the main issue. And maybe it's important to mention one of the other main issues was to complete the cabinet of Dr. Adil Abdul-Mahdi as soon as possible and to focus on the main services for the Iraq people because they are suffering from many things like not having electricity and other facilities that they need in daily.

Ambassador James Jeffrey from the US State Department has been having a lot of meetings with Kurdish leaders. There are 2,000 or more US forces in Syria. Donald Trump said it's possible they could come to Iraq. Could they come to Kirkuk or the Kurdistan Region and places like this?

It's up to the Iraqi government because we have as a federal government a deal with the USA and other international countries in the framework of the international coalition against ISIS. It depends on how the Iraq government will deal with it because there is a strategic accord between Iraq and the USA. 

With Donald Trump trying to impose sanctions on Iran and the Kurdistan Region sharing so many border crossings with Iran, what is the Kurdistan Region doing to adhere to the US sanctions while still providing your people with what they need so you don't have inflation on the price of goods and so on?

We are federally a region in a federal country. The federal policy will not be part of struggle between any other countries. We will have an independent policy and Kurdistan will be a part of the federal policy of Iraq.

Today, Deloitte released its audit for Quarter 3 in 2018 with $1.3 billion net revenue in oil for the Kurdistan Regional Government. Are you satisfied with the work Deloitte is doing and how is it affecting the KRG? 

What Deloitte is doing is important as an auditing organization to satisfy the administration of the KRG Ministry of Natural Resources. That's very important for us. And we hope that the KRG in the future can export more to raise the revenue of KRG and that's an issue because it depends on the kind of contracts with the oil companies. And also in the last four years, KRG didn't get any budget from Iraq and that was a disaster. It had to depend on itself and it depends on the debt they got from those oil companies. 

And at the moment the debt is very high. It has to be paid back, so we can see the revenue that we are getting at the moment, and Deloitte mentioned it, is $1.2 billion [quarterly]. It's an important issue between Iraq and the KRG. We hope that in 2019, with an open discussion — all the issues, economic issues between the KRG and the federal government will be on the table and so on."

What is the difference you've seen between Erbil and Baghdad during the prime ministership of Adil Abdul-Mahdi and with his predecessors Haider al-Abadi and Nouri al-Maliki?

Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi as a person is different from them. He has another vision, another view on how to solve the problems of all Iraq including with the KRG. That's one point. The second point is after visiting with the delegation of President Barzani, the political situation has been totally different. We have hope that the Iraqi people, and Iraqi politicians also have hope to solve all the problems inside Iraq including with the KRG. 

The first result of that visit is that the wages of the KRG employees have been established within the budget law, as well as for the Peshmerga. The second step is we hope to see the Peshmerga back in the disputed areas as a coordination force with the Iraqi forces. We hope that 2019 will be a year of solving the economic issues between the KRG and Baghdad. That is oil, budget, all the debts, and all the budgets that the KRG didn't get in the past five years. 

[yota691]

Kurdistan region surprised Baghdad: We will not hand over oil

Release date: 2019/2/28 10:52 • 2966 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region not to hand over the oil of the region to Baghdad and a committee was formed to visit Baghdad to agree on this issue.

The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region held a meeting headed by Nechirvan Barzani yesterday, according to information, after clarifying the report of total oil production and expenses and revenues and the financial situation of the provincial government by the ministers of finance and natural resources, the Council decided not to commit to deliver 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad. 
"The meeting discussed that if the Kurdistan region delivered oil to Baghdad and that the federal government pay a trillion and 200 billion dinars per month and can comply with the provisions of the general budget for 2019, but the proposal if it does not succeed, the Kurdistan Regional Government Not ready to hand over oil. " 
It is noteworthy that the draft federal budget for the year 2019 included the delivery of salaries in the Kurdistan region in exchange for handing over 250 thousand barrels of oil production.
The Federal Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said in a press statement last Sunday, "So far we have not received any quantities of oil in the region because of the adoption of the budget recently and we have a dialogue soon and there is a positive atmosphere and a good opportunity to apply the budget in 2019 to receive 250 thousand barrels of Kurdistan."

[gregp]

Sounds like the Kurds are waiting on a new currency value before pumping.  

[6ly410]

http://www.rudaw.net/mobile/english/interview/28022019

Political advisor reveals KRG is considering a Minister of Federal Affairs

By Rudaw 4 hours ago 

536Views

         

Masoud Haider, a political advisor to KDP President Masoud Barzani, speaks on Rudaw TV on February 27, 2019. Photo: Rudaw TV

Masoud Haider has previously served as a Change Movement (Gorran) MP in Baghdad and now works as a senior advisor for KDP President Masoud Barzani. In an interview with Rudaw English on Wednesday, he discussed ways to improve relations between Erbil and Baghdad.

A new ministerial post is being discussed within the KRG, the Minister of Federal Affairs. The role would streamline relations between Erbil and Kurdistani politicians and entities within the federal government.

Haider also discusses the possibility of US forces leaving Syria and being stationed in the Kurdistan Region or elsewhere in Iraq. Haider believes it is important for the Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga to continue discussions with the Iraqi Army for joint patrols in the disputed areas. 

The finance advisor also touches on Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi's relations with the KRG, compared to his predecessors and a recent audit by Deloitte, revealing $1.3 billion in oil revenues in the third quarter of 2018.

On Wednesday, high-level delegates from most of the major parties in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq convened in Baghdad with Iraqi President Barham Salih. Haider explained the meeting was to discuss a continued US troop presence and services for Iraqis. 


What would this new position of KRG Minister of Federal Affairs do? Would it help to speed up the problem of the lack of communications between Erbil and Baghdad? What's the goal?

In my experience as an Iraqi MP, it was very difficult to coordinate and communicate with the institutions in the KRG. The idea is to establish a Minister of Federal Affairs in the KRG cabinet to coordinate with the Kurdish blocs, with the Kurdish ministers in Baghdad, and with all the Kurdish representatives in all the federal institutions. 

In this way it will be easier to communicate, to coordinate because sometimes when we had some legislation it was very difficult. The response in the KRG was late. We couldn't get feedback from them as to which way we should move. The idea by the politicians here today and the government in general is to have this minister coordinate all the issues between Baghdad and the institutions in the KRG.

Today, there was a very large meeting with representatives from all major Iraqi and Kurdistani political parties in Baghdad. What do you expect to come out of this meeting?

They had a statement. But my information is they discussed many issues in Iraq and the security after defeating ISIS because ISIS is forming a challenge in the disputed areas especially in small groups. And we see each day and every day they have military operations. We think it's important to coordinate the forces — the Iraqi forces with the Peshmerga in the disputed areas to guarantee security for society, for all groups in those regions. 

And one of the other issues was discussing American military troops in Iraq — discussion the situation with Iraqi political parties and blocs. They say they don't need them anymore in Iraq because ISIS isn't here anymore as a state, but on the other side we think it's important to have those military troops in Iraq because we need them to rebuild the Iraqi military and not to have the same experience like in 2011. We sent them out and then we found ISIS on the ground and it cost Iraqi people a huge amount of people and also the economy to defeat them... 

There are many other issues they discussed today. I think those kinds of meetings are important for the Iraqi political [scene] — to have it maybe each term, each three months to discuss the main issue. And maybe it's important to mention one of the other main issues was to complete the cabinet of Dr. Adil Abdul-Mahdi as soon as possible and to focus on the main services for the Iraq people because they are suffering from many things like not having electricity and other facilities that they need in daily.

Ambassador James Jeffrey from the US State Department has been having a lot of meetings with Kurdish leaders. There are 2,000 or more US forces in Syria. Donald Trump said it's possible they could come to Iraq. Could they come to Kirkuk or the Kurdistan Region and places like this?

It's up to the Iraqi government because we have as a federal government a deal with the USA and other international countries in the framework of the international coalition against ISIS. It depends on how the Iraq government will deal with it because there is a strategic accord between Iraq and the USA. 

With Donald Trump trying to impose sanctions on Iran and the Kurdistan Region sharing so many border crossings with Iran, what is the Kurdistan Region doing to adhere to the US sanctions while still providing your people with what they need so you don't have inflation on the price of goods and so on?

We are federally a region in a federal country. The federal policy will not be part of struggle between any other countries. We will have an independent policy and Kurdistan will be a part of the federal policy of Iraq.

Today, Deloitte released its audit for Quarter 3 in 2018 with $1.3 billion net revenue in oil for the Kurdistan Regional Government. Are you satisfied with the work Deloitte is doing and how is it affecting the KRG? 

What Deloitte is doing is important as an auditing organization to satisfy the administration of the KRG Ministry of Natural Resources. That's very important for us. And we hope that the KRG in the future can export more to raise the revenue of KRG and that's an issue because it depends on the kind of contracts with the oil companies. And also in the last four years, KRG didn't get any budget from Iraq and that was a disaster. It had to depend on itself and it depends on the debt they got from those oil companies. 

And at the moment the debt is very high. It has to be paid back, so we can see the revenue that we are getting at the moment, and Deloitte mentioned it, is $1.2 billion [quarterly]. It's an important issue between Iraq and the KRG. We hope that in 2019, with an open discussion — all the issues, economic issues between the KRG and the federal government will be on the table and so on."

What is the difference you've seen between Erbil and Baghdad during the prime ministership of Adil Abdul-Mahdi and with his predecessors Haider al-Abadi and Nouri al-Maliki?

Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi as a person is different from them. He has another vision, another view on how to solve the problems of all Iraq including with the KRG. That's one point. The second point is after visiting with the delegation of President Barzani, the political situation has been totally different. We have hope that the Iraqi people, and Iraqi politicians also have hope to solve all the problems inside Iraq including with the KRG. 

The first result of that visit is that the wages of the KRG employees have been established within the budget law, as well as for the Peshmerga. The second step is we hope to see the Peshmerga back in the disputed areas as a coordination force with the Iraqi forces. We hope that 2019 will be a year of solving the economic issues between the KRG and Baghdad. That is oil, budget, all the debts, and all the budgets that the KRG didn't get in the past five years

[Butifldrm]

28-02-2019 02:26 PM

Legal expert: Baghdad can punish Kurdistan in case of stopping the export of oil

 

 

Baghdad

Between the legal expert, Ali al-Tamimi, on Thursday, that the relationship of Baghdad to the Kurdistan region is a federal relationship and therefore any individual behavior of the region will be held accountable according to the Iraqi constitution.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to the "news" that "the export of oil Kurdistan must be under the control of the Iraqi government, because according to the Iraqi Constitution the relationship between the government of the center and the region is a federal relationship, so can not act any individual behavior without reviewing Baghdad."

He added that "the failure to send money to export oil to Baghdad or stop the export is a process through which the government of Baghdad can impose sanctions on the region because the Constitution was clear on the export of oil and described as one of the exclusive competencies of the Government of Baghdad, according to articles 111, 112, 113, Law, "noting that" any export of oil by Kurdistan without the knowledge of the government in Baghdad, his actions is considered a smuggling. "

Kurdish political sources said on Thursday that the Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region has held a meeting resulted in a decision to stop the provincial government revenues of 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad.

http://www.ikhnews.com/index.php?page=article&id=185553

[Butifldrm]

Economie

The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan Region discusses the issues of budget and oil

 

 

By Rudao Yesterday at 10:57

The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan Region is considering today issues of budget and oil and economic relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq

Roudao - Erbil , the 

Supreme Council for Oil and Gas will meet in the Kurdistan Region today, says a source network Roudao media that "Kurdistan Region is ready to hand over 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad, but with conditions." 

"The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas will meet today, Wednesday, February 27, 2019, under the supervision of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, and will discuss the issues of budget and oil and economic relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq "He said. 

The source pointed out that the Kurdistan Region is ready to hand over 250 thousand barrels of oil to Baghdad provided that "Baghdad is ready, in addition to the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region, to commit to pay the dues of oil companies and provide the operational budget of the region, because the Kurdistan Region, in addition to pay salaries, Operational budget for the conduct of its business ".

According to information obtained by the network Rowoudao media that the meeting will discuss two axes, the first of which is to submit a report by the Minister of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Region, Rebaz Halaman, on the revenues and expenses of the Kurdistan Region. 

The second theme of the meeting will include a report by the Minister of Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami, on the proceeds and the sale of Kurdistan Region oil. 

Also during the meeting will study the agreement between Erbil and Baghdad on the budget and salaries and export of oil in the Kurdistan Region. 

The Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan Region consists of: the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government and his deputy, the ministers of finance, planning and natural resources and the Secretary of the Council of Ministers.

http://www.rudaw.net/arabic/business/270220191

Edited February 28, 2019 by Butifldrm

[yota691]

28-02-2019 02:26 PM

Legal expert: Baghdad can punish Kurdistan in case of stopping the export of oil

 

 

Baghdad

Between the legal expert, Ali al-Tamimi, on Thursday, that the relationship of Baghdad to the Kurdistan region is a federal relationship and therefore any individual behavior of the region will be held accountable according to the Iraqi constitution.

Al-Tamimi said in a statement to the "news" that "the export of oil Kurdistan must be under the control of the Iraqi government, because according to the Iraqi Constitution the relationship between the government of the center and the region is a federal relationship, so can not act any individual behavior without reviewing Baghdad."

He added that "the failure to send money to export oil to Baghdad or stop the export is a process through which the government of Baghdad can impose sanctions on the region because the Constitution was clear on the export of oil and described as one of the exclusive competencies of the Government of Baghdad, according to articles 111, 112, 113, Law, "noting that" any export of oil by Kurdistan without the knowledge of the government in Baghdad, his actions is considered a smuggling. "

Kurdish political sources said on Thursday that the Supreme Council of Oil and Gas in the Kurdistan region has held a meeting resulted in a decision to stop the provincial government revenues of 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad.

[yota691]

28-02-2019 10:34 AM

Kurdistan stopped the revenues of 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad and signs of a new crisis between Baghdad and Arbil

 

 

Erbil / News

The Iraqi Kurdistan government has stopped 250,000 barrels per day of oil revenues to Baghdad, while things are signaling a new crisis between the capital and Erbil.

A Kurdish political source told the "news" that "a meeting of the Supreme Council for oil and gas in the Kurdistan region reached so far resulted in a decision to stop the revenues of 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad," pointing out that "the difference came to the amount sent from Baghdad."

He added that "there are some Kurdish politicians have leaked out that this issue may lead to the emergence of a new crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, especially that the decision came after clarifying the report of total oil production and expenses and revenue and the financial situation of the Kurdistan Regional Government, in addition to the pressure of the Kurdish people to the Kurdistan government to cancel savings Compulsory by Kurdistan ".

[10 YEARS LATER]

I knew it ! What I say .... here we go again - CRISIS. Predictable as Sunrise.

[10 YEARS LATER]

One minute they’re spooning, the next it’s down to the whipping post. Adults-hardly. 

[6ly410]

KRG rejects reports it has agreed to hand over oil to Baghdad

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Thursday rejected reports that it plans to hand the Kurdistan Region’s oil to the Federal Government of Iraq.

In a statement on the KRG website, spokesperson Safeen Dizayee clarified reports local media published which suggested the KRG planned to hand over its oil to the Iraqi government.

The reports were circulated following a meeting on Wednesday between the KRG’s Regional Oil and Gas Council and relevant Iraqi officials.

Dizayee said these rumors were “baseless” and “fabricated, and are far from the truth, adding Wednesday’s meeting “was a regular meeting.”

“The KRG, as it always does, affirms its readiness and willingness to resolve problems and disputes with the Iraqi Federal Government through dialogue,” the spokesperson said in the statement.

Related Article: KRG publishes report on oil exports, revenues for Q3 2018, welcomes ‘positive feedback’

Following the Kurdistan Region’s historic independence referendum in September 2017, relations between Erbil and Baghdad deteriorated, chief among them was the administration of oil fields, primarily in the disputed province of Kirkuk.

Crude from Kirkuk had been exported to Turkey since 2014 after Kurdish forces retained control of the disputed province and protected it from Islamic State attacks.

However, the export of 300,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to Turkey was halted in October 2017 following the attack and military takeover of Kirkuk by Iraqi forces and Shia-dominated militias, a move in retaliation for the referendum.

After the October attack, the KRG lost half of its oil revenues, according to the Kurdistan Region’s Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani.

The Kurdish government largely depends on oil revenue—which makes up over 90 percent of the Kurdistan Region’s income—to cover basic expenditures, including government employees’ salary, and public services.

[chris2028]

So looks like this was just a baseless rumor. Good to know! 

[6ly410]

 

[6ly410]

KRG Refutes Reports Claiming Erbil Won't Send Oil to Baghdad

 

 BasNews   28/02/2019 - 21:36  Published inKurdistan

 

 

 

 

ERBIL - The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has refuted the reports claiming that Erbil is not willing to send oil to Baghdad, saying that it is ready to resolve its issues with the central government.

"The reports and media outlets that said Kurdistan would not hand over its oil to [State Organization for Marketing of Oil] SOMO are baseless," Safin Dzayi, a spokesperson for the KRG, said in a statement on Thursday.

His comments came after a meeting of the Kurdistan Region’s Council for Oil and Gas Affairs on Wednesday.

Erbil is required to send 250,000 barrels of crude per day to Baghdad in accordance with the budget law in the Iraqi Constitution.

Certain media reports claimed that there is no readiness in the Kurdistan Region to transfer crude oil to Iraq, while other sources noted that Baghdad is not ready to reimburse Erbil with the oil extraction expenditures.http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/504981

Edited February 28, 2019 by 6ly410

[tigergorzow]

6LY410 Thanks, DV,  Baghdad & KRG will settle all outstanding issues sooner than later IMHO.....Most importantly the "HCL" is coming and we need to stay positive and focused on the final "Prize" RV / RI of the IQD.  Always Keeping the faith!!

 

**Remember misinformation and confusion before the "Storm" hits...😁😁

[jg1]

Just now, tigergorzow said:

6LY410 Thanks, DV,  Baghdad & KRG will settle all outstanding issues sooner than later IMHO.....Most importantly the "HCL" is coming and we need to stay positive and focused on the final "Prize" RV / RI of the IQD.  Always Keeping the faith!!

 

**Remember misinformation and confusion before the "Storm" hits...😁😁

Thanks, your posts are one of the ones I used to look forward to a couple years ago and then you took a break for a while. Nice to see you posting again.