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

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Newspaper reveals the contents of the talks between Baghdad and Erbil on the airports of Kurdistan

March 11, 2018

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Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Sunday that Baghdad and Arbil reached preliminary understandings on the possibility of lifting the ban on airports Kurdistan, noting that the talks were held under the pressure of Washington and European countries.

"Intense talks have been held over the past week between the security, political and military committees of Baghdad," the newspaper quoted a well-informed political source as sayingErbil, reached preliminary understandings on the possibility of lifting the ban on airports in Kurdistan and the distribution of salaries of employees of two ministries in the region, "indicating that" the talks were held under pressure from Washington and European countries following the decision of the federal government last month to extend the ban three months, And broad international. "

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 "The talks included standardization of access between the airports of the region and the rest of the Iraqi airports, and the cancellation of the previous version of the validity of the government of Erbil to grant the attributes of entry into its territory without returning to Baghdad," said the source, who asked not to be named.

"Baghdad is seeking the presence of representatives of the intelligence services and security officers at the airports of the region and border crossings."

On March 9, 2018, the Coalition for Democracy and Justice announced that the prime minister Haider Abadi pledged to the head of the alliance Barham Saleh to send salaries of employees of the ministries of education and health in the Kurdistan region soon, noting that Abadi confirmed that international flights to airports in the region will resume before Norouz

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(Sumer News) published a Kurdish proposal on the salaries of its employees .. These details

 

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BAGHDAD - The Finance Committee of the parliamentary, on Sunday, the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region in the ministries of education and health this week, revealing the reason for delay in Baghdad to pay salaries .

"The Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi promised to pay the salaries of employees of the Ministries of Education and Health in the Kurdistan region before March 21, which means that this week is the date for the payment of salaries to employees, " said the decision of the Finance Committee parliamentary Ahmad Hama Rashid .

He added that "the most important reasons for the delay of the government to pay salaries are refusing to hand over salaries to the government of Erbil because of lack of confidence in them," indicating that "the Kurdish opposition parties suggested to Prime Minister Haider Abadi, the federal ministries to hand over salaries of staff of the region ."

Rashid, a deputy of the Kurdistan Alliance, said that "the government is serious about the salaries of employees after completing the verification of names and preparation of staff of the ministries of health and education by the joint committees between Baghdad and Erbil."

The federal authorities in Baghdad had imposed a ban on international flights from Erbil airport since September 29 in response to the referendum on independence held in the Kurdistan region.

"The relations between Erbil and Baghdad have emerged from the stalemate and have moved to practical and operational stages to solve the problems," Farhad Alaeddin, adviser to President Fuad Masoum, said on Friday.

Aladdin explained that the officials of Baghdad and Erbil in an ongoing dialogue to resolve some technical issues regarding the opening of airports and the exchange of security information between the airports of the region and Baghdad, in addition to the issue of the presence of employees of the federal government at these airports, stressing that the two sides agreed to open airports.

He pointed out that the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of Natural Resources in Kurdistan are holding talks to resolve the problem of oil delivery, revealing the direction of a federal delegation to the perpetrators of Bashmakh and Rania border, and includes representatives of ministries of finance, agriculture and trade and a number of other ministries.

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Newspaper: Baghdad and Arbil reached preliminary understandings to lift the ban on airports in the region

 

 

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The newspaper 'life' in a report, on Sunday, the arrival of Baghdad and Arbil preliminary understandings on the possibility of lifting the ban on airports in the Kurdistan region, noting that the talks were under pressure from Washington and European countries after the government's decision to extend the embargo. 

The report of the newspaper, which was published today, that officials in Baghdad and Erbil have recently expressed optimism in resolving the lifting of the lifting of the ban on airports in the Kurdistan region and the distribution of salaries of employees of the region before the Nuruz next week, after positive understandings concluded between the two parties over the past week. 

The newspaper quoted a political source familiar with the saying that 'intensive talks held over the past week between the security and political and military committees for Baghdad and Erbil, reached preliminary understandings on the possibility of lifting the ban on airports in Kurdistan and the distribution of salaries of employees of two ministries in the region'.

The report pointed out that 'the talks were held under pressure from Washington and European countries following the decision of the federal government last month to extend the three-month aviation ban, which was met with widespread Kurdish and international resentment'. 

According to the source, 'the talks included standardization of access between the airports of the province and the rest of the Iraqi airports, and the cancellation of the previous version of the validity of the government of Erbil to grant the attributes of entry into its territory without returning to Baghdad.

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A government delegation from Baghdad arrives in Erbil to discuss financial issues

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{Erbil: Euphrates News} A government delegation from Baghdad, representing the Ministry of Finance headed by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali al-Alaq arrived in Erbil to discuss matters related to the financial aspect between the center and the region.

Sources in the Kurdistan Regional Government said today that "the visit of the delegation of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance is for the purpose of research on issues related to revenues and imports of the Kurdistan Region and to discuss other issues."

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Iraqi government delegation arrives in Erbil

 

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A delegation from the Iraqi government arrived in Arbil on Sunday evening. 
The delegation is headed by the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Mahdi Al-Alaq and the membership of Qasim Attiyah, Deputy Minister of Planning and a representative of the Civil Aviation Authority. 
The visit comes after Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said during the weekly press conference last Tuesday that the employees of the Kurdistan region will receive their salaries, in addition to the airports of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah will resume their international activity, before the holiday of Norouz. 
He told an informed source, Twilight News, that the visit of the delegation of the federal government will discuss the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, in order to find a solution to the differences and agree on a number of things, which comes as an update of what was discussed during previous meetings between the parties. 
The Iraqi government imposed an international air embargo on Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports on September 29, in response to Kurdistan's holding of the referendum.

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Delegation of the Kurdistan region arrives in Baghdad to receive the salaries of 3 circles ..

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The director of the passports of Sulaymaniyah on Sunday, the arrival of a delegation of Kurdistan region to Baghdad, to receive salaries of 3 months last year, for employees of directorates of passports and civil status and the national card.

 

Salar Abdullah said in a press statement that the visit of the delegation of the Kurdistan region to Baghdad, comes at the request of the Ministry of Interior in the federal government.

 

The director of passports Sulaymaniyah, the visit of the delegation of the region to Baghdad, especially receipt of salaries for months (October, November and December)

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Washington ignores Arbil and receives Peshmerga financial aid to Baghdad

 

 Since 2018-03-11 at 20:06 (Baghdad time)

 Baghdad - Mawazine News

The Deputy Chief of Army Staff for Operations in the Ministry of Peshmerga Major General Qaraman Kader, expressed the intention of the United States of America to hand over $ 395 for the Peshmerga forces to Baghdad instead of Arbil.

"The American aid was directly handed over to the Peshmerga in the past years during the war against the terrorist organization, but after the referendum and the imposition of the law in Kirkuk, the authority was given to take the money to Baghdad," Kader said in a statement reported by Kurdish media.

"The specific amount of the US budget for 2018 in aid of the Peshmerga forces of 395 million dollars, as salaries to the Peshmerga will be delivered through Baghdad and not directly to the Kurdistan region."

"The federal government refused to send the money directly to the Peshmerga, but through a new mechanism," Kader said

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Democratic Kurdistan of / Mawazin News /: agreements between "Baghdad and Erbil" temporary tithes

 

 Since 2018-03-11 at 19:37 (Baghdad time)

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Sunday described the agreements between Erbil and Baghdad on ending the crisis between them as temporary and temporary, pointing out that resolving the differences needs a comprehensive inventory of oil revenues and signing a final agreement.

"The agreements currently under way between Baghdad and Erbil on the delivery of airports and the payment of salaries of the region's employees are all temporary and temporary," MP Najiba Najib told Mawazine News.

"Baghdad and Arbil need to understand more transparent and serious to conclude a comprehensive agreement to ensure the delivery of Kurdistan oil source to the central government in exchange for ensuring salaries of employees and the provision of funds within the budget by the federal government."

Najib said that "delaying the issues between the two parties will lose the opportunity to find a comprehensive agreement before the political parties preoccupied with the parliamentary elections and leave the differences between them."

This revealed the decision of the Finance Committee parliamentary Ahmad Hama Rashid, for / Mawazin News / on the date of payment of salaries of officials of the Ministries of Education and Health in the Kurdistan region, noting that Prime Minister Haider Abadi, intends to end all outstanding differences with Baghdad this month.

On Monday, Erbil is expected to visit a high-level delegation from the Federal Government headed by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali Al-Alaq to discuss the delivery of revenues and financial imports from the region to the Center.

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Infallible: We will discuss the mistakes and gaps of the budget before ratification

12/3/2018 12:00 am  Confirmed that the referendum decision was not successful  Baghdad / Al-Sabah The President of the Republic, Fuad Masum, that the decision of the referendum in the Kurdistan region "was not successful," carrying Erbil and Baghdad responsibility to take this decision, while stressing that the presidency will discuss the technical errors and constitutional imbalances in the budget before ratification, pointed out that the parliament has to reconsider some Budget paragraphs if they do not comply with the Constitution.  "The referendum in Kurdistan was not a way to declare the independence of the region, because independence is not self-interest, but it is an issue related to the status and the regional countries as well," Masoum said in a press interview.  "The government of the province and the federal government bear the responsibility of taking the referendum decision, because they have not reached a solution to the political differences between them during the past years," Masoum said, adding that the two sides have not engaged in serious dialogue. And on the budget of the current year voted by the House of Representatives recently, between the President of the Republic that "the Presidency of the Republic received the Federal Budget Law 2018 after its adoption in Parliament, and the legal experts in the presidency are studying the possibility of ratification of the budget if it does not contain technical errors or constitutional imbalance," pointing That "the presidency follows this procedure in order to be reassured after ratification."  He added that "the presidency will discuss only the errors and gaps in the budget, if any, and not the subject of the proportion of the Kurdistan region in the budget," noting that "if we find a constitutional imbalance, we will contact the House of Representatives in order to reconsider it, and if they are free from mistakes And the constitutional imbalance, the presidency of the Republic will continue to budget naturally.

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Arbil awaits a visit by a federal delegation to conclude a comprehensive agreement

12/3/2018 12:00 am  The Supreme Court appeals against the unconstitutionality of saving the salaries of the employees of the region Baghdad / Follow-up morning  "The Federal Supreme Court held its session in the presence of all its members, and considered a lawsuit to request the ruling unconstitutional decision of the Kurdistan Regional Government, which includes the application of the system of savings for employees and retirees, and the defendant's obligation to defend rights Of the prosecutor as of the date of the decision on 1/1/2016 and retroactively. "He added that" the defendant's agent, Mr. Nizhrvan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government / in addition to his job has attended the pleading and submitted a list requesting the response of the case. "The spokesman of the court, that "the Federal Supreme Court issued a ruling to respond to the lawsuit that the decision contested unconstitutionality was not issued by the federal authorities provided for in Article (47) of the Constitution, and according to the hierarchy (legislative, executive and judicial), but issued by the regional authority , And that the decision of the administrative decisions that the law is a way to challenge, and out of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Federal Court provided for in Article (93) of the Constitution, and article (4) of its law No. (30) for the year  2005 ". A federal delegation on the other hand, said the Kurdistan Islamic Group bloc head of Ahmed Hama, in a press statement followed the "morning" on Sunday: " The Kurdistan region awaits the arrival of a high - level government delegation to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah in the coming hours to complete the negotiations and the conclusion of the final agreement on the sale of oil and marketing "He added that" in the event of success of the delegation to end the differences on the sale and marketing of oil in the region will be the curtain on the deep crisis between Baghdad and Erbil after the installation of semi-final agreements on the salaries of staff of the region and the delivery of airports and border crossings, "Hama explained," The atmosphere is very positive in the time And encourages the parties to conclude a historic agreement to prevent harm to the Kurdish citizen before the parties occupied the elections. " The Prime Minister Haider Abadi, announced last Tuesday, that the file salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region and airports Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, "is about to resolve." In the same context, the deputy head of the government of the province, Qubad Talabani: "The authorities of the region has complied with all specified by the law and the Constitution on the airports and we await the decision of Prime Minister Haider Abadi to lift the ban, before the arrival of Nowruz coincided with the influx of tourists to the Kurdistan region and travel of citizens to meet their needs" .  Talabani said in a press statement on Sunday, "We do not see an obstacle to the opening of airports and the disbursement of salaries of employees in the region, especially the ministries of health and education, which have been the focus of Abadi and his teams of audit during the last period," and said, "The provincial government opened the doors of all departments and ministries in front of teams Federal and verification and provided all necessary data and information, despite our conviction proteinuria of some procedures, "and went on saying:" We hope that the initiative of Prime Minister Haider Abadi, for his part, activating the federal commitments and help in the payment of salaries of employees of the  provincial government . "  Intensive talks "Intensive talks have been held over the past week between security, political and military committees on Baghdad and Erbil. They reached preliminary understandings on the possibility of lifting the ban on airports in Kurdistan and distributing the salaries of two ministries," the London-based al-Hayat newspaper reported. In the region, "The source added that" the talks included standardization of the features of entry between the airports of the province and the rest of the Iraqi airports, and cancel the previous version of the validity of the government of Erbil to grant attributes of entry into its territory without returning to Baghdad, "and that" Baghdad seeks to have representatives of the organs Intelligence and security officers at the airport Territory and border ports. " Criticism of change The Kurdish Movement for Change said on Sunday that the oil file and the administration of the Kurdistan region monopoly 50 percent of the two ruling parties (the Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union) Kurdistanists, MP MP Tafka Ahmed, in a press statement followed by "morning": " In 1991, the Kurdistan Parliament was established and the province, according to the Constitution in 2005 was voted as a province in Iraq, "indicating that" the region is divided into two parts of the Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and all institutions and the distribution of degrees as managers and agents and ministers and entities are 50 to 50 percent monopoly between The two parties An ambush from 1991 until now ".

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Iraq: Government delegation arrives in Erbil to complete talks to resolve the crisis

 

 

Baghdad Aktham Saif Eddin

11 March 2018

 

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A delegation representing the government of Baghdad arrived in Erbil , to complete talks to resolve the  outstanding crisis between the parties, and reach consensus on them.

A senior political official told the "New Arab" that "a government delegation led by the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, Ali Alaq, and the membership of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Planning, and representatives of the Civil Aviation Authority, arrived this evening to Erbil," noting that "the delegation will discuss with Kurdish officials Convergence of views in some controversial details, in order to reach solutions on the outstanding crisis between the parties. "

He stressed that "the visit will continue for several days, and it came after contacts between the governments of Baghdad and Erbil, and an agreement between them to resume talks to resolve the crisis."

The visit comes as a follow-up to previous visits between the two sides, during which a number of issues were discussed, which still need to be discussed to reach common consensus formulas.

Earlier today, a Kurdish official revealed that the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nigervan Barzani, is trying to fill the budget issue in order to ease the tension with Baghdad, trying to prepare for a close dialogue to break up the outstanding crisis between them.

This comes at a time when the president of the former President Jalal Talabani, Qubad Talabani, during a press conference, held today, Prime Minister Haider Abadi  to "meet his promises to pay the salaries of employees of Kurdistan, and lifting the air embargo on the airports of the region."
 

 

He pointed out that "the government of the Territory has cooperated extensively with the audit committees of the Government of Baghdad, and fulfilled their obligations to them, which requires cooperation from Baghdad, and prove good intentions to pay the region's salaries."

Following the referendum held at the end of last September, the Iraqi government imposed sanctions on the Kurdistan region, while finally lifting the air embargo on the airports of the region, for the transfer of pilgrims only.

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Baghdad and Erbil agree to transfer oil files and Fishkhabour until after the elections

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(Independent) .... Press sources confirmed that the representatives of Baghdad and Erbil, participants in the bilateral talks, left the marketing of oil and the management of the port, "Vishkhabor" border, beyond the parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on the twelfth of next May.

In a report on Monday (March 12, 2018), al-Baghdadiya newspaper reported that the two sides reached an agreement to resume work at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports in front of international flights soon. The negotiating committees also succeeded in resolving most points of disagreement more than two weeks ago, Allow the presence of federal committees to monitor the work of airports and border crossings of the Kurdistan region with the commitment of the federal government to pay the salaries of education and health personnel.

The newspaper quoted the MP from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Abdul Aziz Hassan Hussein, as saying that "the Kurdistan Regional Government responded to all the conditions set by the federal government to resume work at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports that have been stalled for several months," stressing that "the Joint Technical Committees resolved most of the points of disagreement More than two weeks ago. "

"The federal government and the Kurdistan region reached an agreement to regulate the work of accommodation, passports and airspace and connect them directly in the security of Baghdad, in exchange for the federal government to pay the salaries of health and education staff.

He explained that "the negotiations recognized the presence of federal committees in the airports of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah and border crossings to monitor everything related to the financial aspect," noting that "the border crossings are managed in a joint way except Vishkhabor."

For his part, said the member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mahma Khalil, saying that "the resumption of work at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports need to be applied on the ground by the federal government with a comprehensive treatment of all contentious issues with the Kurdistan region."

He pointed out that the implementation of this agreement requires a real and serious will between the parties to resolve all the controversial points of the re-employment in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports in the coming periods. 
While the MP from the Kurdistan Islamic Union bloc, Jamil Couger, that "there is talk to postpone all the controversial files between the federal government and the Kurdistan region until after the elections to make room for negotiating committees to resolve all the points of contention."

"The agreement provides for the resumption of work at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports and the payment of the salaries of health and education staff in exchange for the Kurdistan Regional Government to pay the salaries of the employees of the remaining ministries until the completion of the elections."

The Prime Minister Haider Abadi, announced last Tuesday, that the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region and the airports of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, is about to resolve, and may announce the developments ahead of the Norouz holidays.

And expected to arrive in the Kurdistan region a delegation from the Federal Government in the coming hours, headed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq Ali Alalak, to discuss issues related to revenues and imports of the Kurdistan region and to discuss other issues.

It is worth mentioning that the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government agreed in mid-January to form ten joint committees whose task would be to seek consensual solutions to end the differences between the two sides, particularly oil files, border crossings, airports and salaries of employees.

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Urgent .. Announcement of the date of lifting the international air embargo on Kurdistan

 

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A member of the Finance Committee in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament Izzat Saber said on Monday that the visit of the delegation of the federal government headed by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali Alalak is to put the final touches before the salaries of staff of the region and the opening of airports that have been agreed upon. 
On Sunday evening, a delegation from the Iraqi government arrived in Erbil, headed by Mahdi al-Alaq and with the membership of Qasim Attiyah, undersecretary of planning and a representative of the Civil Aviation Authority. 
The visit comes after Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said during the weekly press conference last Tuesday that the employees of the Kurdistan region will receive their salaries, in addition to the airports of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah will resume their international activity, before the holiday of Norouz. 
"We expect the salaries to be launched in the next few days. As for the reopening of the regional airports to international flights, the agreements so far indicate that this will be on the 20th of this month," Saber told Ashqaf News.
"There will be a joint press conference between Alaq and the head of the provincial government to present the results of this visit." 
The Iraqi government imposed an international air embargo on Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports on September 29, in response to Kurdistan's holding of the referendum.

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Deputy reveals the date of sending Baghdad salaries of staff of Kurdistan and lift the ban on its airports

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In conjunction with the visit of an Iraqi government delegation to Arbil, said a member of the Finance Committee in the Parliament of Kurdistan, on Monday, the visit of the delegation of the federal government headed by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali Alalak is to finalize the pre-launch of salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region and open airports agreed upon. 
An Iraqi government delegation led by Ali al-Alak and the deputy minister of planning Qassim Enayat and a representative of the Civil Aviation Authority arrived in Erbil Sunday evening. 
The visit comes after Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said in his last press conference last Tuesday that his government would cancel the decision banning international flights and will pay the salaries of employees in the region before the feast of Nooruz.

The Kurdish New Year and New Year's Day coincides with March 21. 
"We expect the salaries to be released in the next few days. As for the reopening of the regional airports to international flights, the agreements so far indicate that this will be on the 20th of this month," Aztab Saber said in a press statement. 
"There will be a joint press conference between the prime minister and the Kurdistan Regional Government to present the results of this visit." 
Arbil and Baghdad exchanged delegations during the last period, which led to a breakthrough in the crisis between the government of Baghdad and the provincial government.

The crisis erupted between Erbil and Baghdad violently after the Kurdistan Region held a historic referendum on 25 September last for independence from Iraq and won the support of 92.73% of the votes of participants, but Baghdad responded to the right of self-determination Kurdish unjustified and took a series of collective punishment measures against Kurdistan in addition to For its military attack on Kurdish areas outside the administration of the Kurdistan Region or called B (disputed).

Baghdad has banned international flights to airports in Kurdistan and has asked to check the lists of its employees before paying their salaries as part of its punitive measures against the province.

The spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government, Sven Dzahi, said earlier on Sunday that an Iraqi government delegation is scheduled to arrive in Erbil to determine the mechanisms of payment of salaries and the opening of airports.

Baghdad extended the ban on international flights at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports, the last of which was on Feb. 26, with the decision ending by the end of May.

Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said recently that the technical committees between Erbil and Baghdad have settled many files in relation to airports, especially customs and passports.

The committees are still discussing the security file of the international airports in the region, according to modern.

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A second Iraqi delegation to visit Kurdistan to resolve outstanding issues

 

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A senior source from the federal government will visit the city of Erbil today to discuss the normalization of conditions between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government.

Allam Kurdi quoted the source as saying that the delegation of the federal government consists of the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Mehdi Alalak, the Director of the Office of Prime Minister Iyad Al-Waeli, the first team Khalid Hamoud, the military adviser to the Prime Minister, and Soran Hidayat Osman the official of the decrees in the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, Director of Decrees in the Prime Minister's Office, and Abbas Muhammad from the Decrees Section of the Prime Minister's Office.

He added that the delegation will discuss with the officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government outstanding issues, and ways to address the problems existing between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government.

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The central government sends a delegation to Erbil headed by the Keywords to discuss the outstanding issues

 

 Since 2018-03-12 at 10:57 (Baghdad time)

 Baghdad - Mawazine News

A well-informed source said on Monday that a senior delegation of the federal government will visit the city of Arbil today to discuss the outstanding issues between Baghdad and the region.

The source told Mawazine News that a high-ranking delegation from the federal government will visit the city of Erbil today to discuss the normalization of the situation between the Kurdistan region and the federal government, pointing out that "the delegation consists of the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Mehdi Alalak, the Director of the Office of Prime Minister Iyad al-Waeli , Maj. Gen. Khaled Hamoud, the military adviser to the prime minister, and Soran Hadayat Osman, the official of the decrees of the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and Jabbar Menloun, director of decrees in the Prime Minister's Office.

He added that "the delegation will discuss with officials in the Kurdistan Regional Government outstanding issues, and ways to address the problems existing between the Kurdistan region and the federal government."

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Kurdistan: The reforms we are making "radical" and not just "slogans"

 

 From 2018-03-12 at 12:15 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad Mawazine News

Kurdistan Region Vice President Kubad Talabani said on Monday that the reforms being implemented by the Kurdistan Regional Government are radical and not merely slogans.

"We welcome the US ambassador and his delegation on behalf of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)," Talabani told a joint press conference with US Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman. "We welcome the American Development Organization (IGPA) office in the Kurdistan region to develop good governance in the administration, .

"We hope that this joint action is a major step in the development of relations between the region and the United States and will be an important factor to support the reforms carried out by the provincial government and improve the services provided to citizens," stressing that "the reforms launched by Kurdistan are not just slogans."

"We seek to implement decentralization in the administration of the state and provide the best services to citizens, and this support and joint action by the US government proves that the reforms of the region radical in all areas."

"This support underscores the commitment of the US government to a strong regional government within a federal Iraq, which is a confirmation of the continued support of the United States of America for the Kurdish people," said the deputy head of the provincial government.

For his part, the US ambassador confirmed "his country's support for Iraq in all areas," pointing out that "we support the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to carry out reforms and this program will contribute to improving the living conditions of citizens in the region with the support of Baghdad and Erbil."

He explained that "the region contributes to this joint work to develop the capabilities of state institutions and improve service conditions, and this joint work will record all imports and expenses and will provide more transparency in administrative matters."

The US ambassador pointed out that "this program will contribute to improving the financial situation of citizens and with the support of the Kurdistan government."

He called Silliman, the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to "dialogue in order to address problems and relationship and end existing differences as soon as possible."

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Alaq from Erbil: The delegation of the federal government is working on coordination with the region to unify taxes

 

Monday 12 March 2018

 

 

Alsumaria News / Erbil
The governor of the Central Bank of Iraq on Monday, that the delegation of the Federal Government, which is visiting Erbil is currently working on coordination with the Kurdistan Region to consolidate taxes, while confirmed the readiness of the bank's branch in Kurdistan to pay the salaries of employees in the event of an order from Prime Minister Haider Abadi . 

Alaq said in a press conference held in Erbil and attended by Alsumaria News, "The visit of the delegation of the federal government Erbil aims to meet with the Minister of Finance of the Kurdistan region to coordinate on the collection of taxes and standardization and remove problems in this area," noting that "the delegation is working to activate the role of the Central Bank in Kurdistan Region ".
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A delegation of health and education in Kurdistan will visit Baghdad soon

"We are working to reach an agreement on this issue tomorrow to facilitate banking operations in the Kurdistan region," he said, adding that "the central bank branch in the region is ready to pay the salaries of employees in the event of an order from the Prime Minister (Haider Abadi)." 

A delegation from the federal government, headed by the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq Ali Alaak, on Sunday, to Erbil to discuss financial files with the Kurdistan Regional Government.
 

 

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Balnfograv .. Will end the crisis of salaries in the Kurdistan region within days

Monday 12 March 2018 13:00

 

The central government and the Kurdistan region have solved the problem of salaries, and promised Prime Minister Haider Abadi to pay part of the salaries of the Kurdistan region and open airports before the holidays of Nooruz, and completed the central government to audit the salaries of employees of the ministries of health and education in the region.

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Governor of the Iraqi Central: The amounts are ready in the branch of Erbil to pay salaries

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The governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, that the amounts required to pay the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region ready in the central branch in Erbil, and they are waiting for instructions from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi.

The Iraqi delegation arrived in Erbil on Sunday evening, in a visit aimed at resolving outstanding issues outstanding between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region.

The Iraqi delegation is headed by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali Alalak and will discuss outstanding financial issues between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region.

Al-Aalak said in a press conference attended by Basnews correspondent: "What the Prime Minister said at the last conference is the news that you heard and heard, and we are looking forward to good. As for our visit, it is the branch of the Central Bank in Erbil, as well as coordination with the Ministry of Finance in the region, Some things that concern the regulation of the banking sector in the Kurdistan Region ».

And the existence of more than 250 billion dinars in the branch of the Central Bank of Iraq, and whether to pay the salaries of employees in the Kurdistan Region or not, said the words: «usually keeps the central bank amounts in branches, and if there is a request to pay to certain parties we have to respond to these calls, If the government has the intention to pay salaries, and this is what we hope, of course, we are ready and the amounts are present, if we came to be instructed by the Prime Minister ».

"The indicators we hear in the recent period indicate that things will be positive, and there are no options but there are agreements on things."

"We expect the salaries to be launched in the next few days. As for the reopening of airports in the region to international flights, the agreements so far indicate that this will take place on the 20th of this month," MP Ezzat Saber said in a press statement.

The Iraqi Prime Minister had promised during the weekly press conference to open Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports and pay the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region, before the Norouz holidays, on 21 March.

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Learn about the names of the delegation of the federal government, which will visit Erbil to discuss the normalization of conditions between the region and Baghdad

12-03-2018 01:27 PM

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A well-informed source said Monday that a senior delegation of the federal government will visit the city of Erbil today to discuss the normalization of the situation between the Kurdistan region and the federal government. 

The sources said that the delegation of the federal government consists of the Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Mehdi Alalak, Director of the Office of Prime Minister Iyad al-Waeli, and the first team, Khalid Hamoud, military adviser to the Prime Minister, and Soran Hidayat Osman official decrees in the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, Menlon is the director of the decrees in the prime minister's office, and Abbas is from the decrees section of the prime minister's office. 

The source added that the delegation will discuss with the officials of the Kurdistan Regional Government outstanding issues, and ways to address the problems existing between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government.

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The Federal Court responds to a parliamentary request to define the disputed areas

Release date: 2018/3/12 14:36 • 104 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Federal Supreme Court responded to inquiries regarding the concept of disputed areas in Iraq.

The document issued by the Federal Court got the agency {Euphrates News} a copy in response to the request of MP Amin Bakr Mohammed on the definition of disputed areas in two decisions issued by the Court earlier. 
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Alaq from Erbil: The delegation of the federal government is working on coordination with the region to unify taxes

 

Banks Economy News _ Erbil The governor of the Central Bank of Iraq Ali Alak, on Monday, that the delegation of the federal government, which is visiting Erbil is currently working on coordination with the Kurdistan region to consolidate taxes, while confirmed the readiness of the bank's branch in Kurdistan to pay the salaries of employees in the event of an order from Prime Minister Haider Abadi. Alaq said in a press conference held in Erbil and attended by "Economy News", "The visit of the delegation of the federal government Erbil aims to meet with the Minister of Finance of the Kurdistan region to coordinate on the collection of taxes and standardization and remove problems in this area," noting that "the delegation works to activate the role of the bank Central in the Kurdistan region. " "We are working to reach an agreement on this issue tomorrow to facilitate banking operations in the Kurdistan region," he said, adding that "the central bank branch in the region is ready to pay the salaries of employees in the event of an order from the Prime Minister (Haider Abadi)." A delegation from the federal government, headed by the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq Ali Alaak, on Sunday, to Erbil to discuss financial files with the Kurdistan Regional Government. Views 86   Date Added 03/12/2018

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Joint operations deny Baghdad and Erbil agreement on border demarcation

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Spokesman for Joint Operations, Brigadier General Yehia Rasool, denied on Monday that there is an agreement between Baghdad and Erbil to demarcate the borders of Kurdistan.

"The joint operations deny any deliberation on the existence of an agreement between the central government and the territorial government on the demarcation of the border between the Kurdistan region and the center on the Blue Line and the return of the Peshmerga and Asayish forces to the pre-imposition of the law," Rasul said in a statement received.

He added that "we also deny that the signing of the joint operations commander Major General Maan al-Saadi with the Ministry of Peshmerga on the agreement and the opening of an operations room in the province of Kirkuk and the area of Kfri high-level officers of the federal government and the provincial government. End 25 n

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Announcement of the lifting of the international air embargo on Kurdistan

Revealed a member of the Finance Committee in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament Izzat Saber said on Monday that the visit of the delegation of the federal government headed by the Governor of the Central Bank Ali Alalak is to put the final touches before the salaries of staff of the region and the opening of airports that have been agreed upon. 
On Sunday evening, a delegation from the Iraqi government arrived in Arbil, headed by Ali al-Alaq and with the membership of Qassem Attiyah, undersecretary of the Minister of Planning and a representative of the Civil Aviation Authority. 
The visit comes after Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said during the weekly press conference last Tuesday that the employees of the Kurdistan region will receive their salaries, in addition to the airports of Arbil and Sulaymaniyah will resume their international activity, before the holiday of Norouz. 
"We expect the salaries to be released in the next few days. As for the reopening of regional airports to international flights, the agreements so far indicate that this will be on the 20th of this month," Saber said.
"There will be a joint press conference between Alaq and the head of the provincial government to present the results of this visit." 
The Iraqi government imposed an international air embargo on Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports on September 29, in response to Kurdistan's holding of the referendum.

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