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Ghadhban confirms the lack of commitment of the region to deliver oil and reveals a meeting soon

Release date: 2019/4/25 16:57310 times read
Ghadhban confirms the lack of commitment of the region to deliver oil and reveals a meeting soon
 
The Minister of Oil Thamer Ghadhban said on Thursday that a meeting between Baghdad and Erbil will be held soon to discuss and discuss oil exports, indicating that there is a study to increase the production capacity of Kirkuk oil fields by 50 percent.
Al-Ghadhban said during a press conference with the head of the International Energy Agency, "We have already explained this, according to the budget law for 2019, there is a commitment to the region to provide 250 thousand barrels per day and handed over to the Iraqi marketing company (Sumo) , And that the proceeds be transferred to the coffers of state funds. "
"We are in contact and we will soon have a meeting with the provincial government to take action and implement the budget law. We are fully committed to the federal budget law," he said.
"Iraq is capable of increasing its oil production to 6 million bpd, if necessary; but it is committed to production cuts led by OPEC, and will not take unilateral action to boost the supply," Ghadhban said.
"There is no acute oil shortage at the moment, but Iraq will continue to monitor the market to assess the need for additional quantities during the next OPEC meeting," he said, noting that "the study of increasing the capacity of production from Kirkuk oil fields, 50 percent of current levels." is over
 
 
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Prime Minister Barzani receives U.S. delegation

THU, 25 APR 2019 09:55 | KRG Cabinet

 

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Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) – Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received U.S. Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS William Roebuck, U.S. Consul General to the Kurdistan Region Steven Fagin, and their accompanying delegation.

 

They discussed the political and security situation of the Kurdistan Region, US-led coalition’s training of Peshmerga forces, and security cooperation with Baghdad in facing threats of reemergence of ISIS terrorism.

They also discussed the political process in Iraq, improvement of relations between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad, as well as the formation of the next cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

The two sides also stressed strengthening bilateral relations.

Political and security developments in the wider region, particularly in Syria and relations with neighboring countries were also discussed.

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Peshmerga support, anti-ISIS campaign top talks with PM Barzani, US diplomat

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Peshmerga support, anti-ISIS campaign top talks with PM Barzani, US diplomat
Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani (right) during a meeting with US Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Amb. William Roebuck, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, April 25, 2019. (Photo: KRG)
 
 

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Training and support for Peshmerga, as well as the continued security and stability of the Kurdistan Region, led discussions between Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani and a senior US diplomat on Thursday.

Prime Minister Barzani received US Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, Amb. William Roebuck, and an accompanying delegation in Erbil, a KRG statement read.

Both sides discussed the political and security situation of the Kurdistan Region,as well as the US-led coalitions continued training of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, it added.

According to the statement, Barzani and Roebuck also spoke about the importance of security cooperation with Baghdadto face the threats of an Islamic State reemergence in the country.

Indeed, although Iraq announced a military defeat of the extremist group in December 2017, the so-called Islamic State continues to carry out insurgency-style attacks in formerly liberated areas like Mosul and even places it never controlled like the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

Senior KRG officials have repeatedly warned of an Islamic State resurgence, if the root causes which led to the terror groups rise are not addressed.

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Parliamentary Finance: Privileges granted to "Kurdistan" were not within the federal budget

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A member of the Finance Committee parliamentary Abdul Hadi al-Saadawi, on Friday, that the financial privileges granted to the Kurdistan region were not within the federal budget, among the privileges were within the draft submitted by the Iraqi government.

Al-Saadawi said in a statement received by the agency "Information", "The draft included the provision of dues of the region of salaries even if the Kurdistan government did not comply with the payment of oil revenues, but this was changed in Article 10-c including not to hand over the region's dues from salaries in the event that did not commit The territorial government to pay the oil dues, the federal government to stop the delivery of the region dues from salaries. "

Al-Saadawi said that despite the excesses during the past two months by the Minister of Finance to pay the financial dues of salaries, but outside the budget and outside the official approvals between the letter sent to the Minister of Finance by the Committee to clarify the legal face in which the payment of salaries for the past two months. 25

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2019-04-26 BY SOTALIRAQ

 

 

Oil Minister: Kurdistan Region has not yet committed to deliver 250 thousand b / d of oil

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil Thamer Ghadhban said on Thursday that the Kurdistan Region so far did not commit to deliver 250 thousand b / d of crude oil produced to the company "Sumo" national.

Al-Ghadhban said in a joint press conference with the Minister of Electricity Luay Khatib today in Baghdad, "As for the federal budget law for 2019 stipulates that the Kurdistan Region to hand over 250 thousand b / j of its oil to the national company (Sumo) "This has not happened yet," he said.

"We are in constant contact with the provincial government and there are talks to implement that law," adding that the federal government is committed to the provisions of the budget law for the current year.

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https://www.sotaliraq.com/2019/04/26/وزير-النفط-اقليم-كوردستان-الى-الان-لم-ي/

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Parliamentary Finance: Privileges granted to "Kurdistan" were not within the federal budget

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A member of the Finance Committee parliamentary Abdul Hadi al-Saadawi, on Friday, that the financial privileges granted to the Kurdistan region were not within the federal budget, among the privileges were within the draft submitted by the Iraqi government.

Al-Saadawi said in a statement received by the agency "Information", "The draft included the provision of dues of the region of salaries even if the Kurdistan government did not comply with the payment of oil revenues, but this was changed in Article 10-c including not to hand over the region's dues from salaries in the event that did not commit The territorial government to pay the oil dues, the federal government to stop the delivery of the region dues from salaries. "

Al-Saadawi said that despite the excesses during the past two months by the Minister of Finance to pay the financial dues of salaries, but outside the budget and outside the official approvals between the letter sent to the Minister of Finance by the Committee to clarify the legal face in which the payment of salaries for the past two months. 25

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Peshmerga reforms necessary in order to fight resurgent ISIS: General

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Staff Brigadier General Hazhar Omer Ismail (left), Director of Coordination and Public Relations in the Ministry of Peshmerga, is welcomed back to Erbil by US Consul General Steve Fagin (right) after completing studies on US National Security Policymaking on March 20, 2019. Photo: US consulate
Staff Brigadier General Hazhar Omer Ismail (left), Director of Coordination and Public Relations in the Ministry of Peshmerga, is welcomed back to Erbil by US Consul General Steve Fagin (right) after completing studies on US National Security Policymaking on March 20, 2019. Photo: US consulate
The war against the Islamic State (ISIS) was a turning point for the Peshmerga forces. The Kurdish forces are famed for their guerilla skills honed by decades of revolution in their mountains, but with ISIS they faced a superior-armed group and in terrain that was unfamiliar. They also had an extraordinary opportunity as they forged relationships with militaries of the 79-member global coalition created to fight the extremist group. In December 2017, the Ministry of Peshmerga formed a committee to start ambitious reforms. British, American, and German allies have come on board, backing the 35-step reform plan.

Staff Brigadier General Hazhar Omer Ismail, Director of Coordination and Public Relations in the Ministry of Peshmerga, is a member of that committee. In an interview on April 3, he explained the reform process and progress. 

The following is a translated version of his interview that has been edited for clarity and length. 


Rudaw: How are the reforms progressing so far? 

Staff Brigadier General Hazhar Omer Ismail:  You know that reforms in a military are a continuous process. It is necessary for a military or Ministry of Defense to have reforms every now and then for things to progress and to fill gaps. However, for us, it is a new process frankly. However, it is an important process, strategic and long-term. 

Our project consists of 35 projects. There are important points in the project, such as rewriting the security strategy of the Kurdistan

 

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Region. You know that every country needs to have a national security strategy. Iraq has national security strategy, but unfortunately, when it updated it in 2016, and even before, it makes no mention of the role of Peshmerga Forces and the Kurdistan Region. That is why, we have been given the right and we have given ourselves the right, to write the security strategy of the Kurdistan Region. 

Writing the security strategy of Kurdistan Region requires the [participation] of other parties, such as the Regional Government, the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Finance, the Security Council, Ministry of Planning, even the Ministry of Health, and all other parties. That is why we set out to initially write the defense strategy of the Ministry of Peshmerga. This is one of the thirteen points, in addition to rewriting the Operating Concept, digitalizing Peshmerga salaries, relations between the Peshmerga Ministry and the Iraqi Defense Ministry, as well as reviewing the laws and terms of reference of the Ministry of Peshmerga. We found it good for these projects to be given a priority. 

Very good work has been done. The projects have been written down. However, there still is work remaining as they are long-term projects. 

Is Britain more involved than other countries in the reform project?

All the three countries… America, Britain and Germany played an important role in supporting Peshmerga Forces, whether in the fight against Daesh [ISIS] or in this process. It is true that Britain, in the writing of the ideas, has been very helpful to the board and directorate of reforms. Because implementing the reform project of Peshmerga requires a lot of logistics, weapons, ammunition, and so on, America is the most helpful in this aspect to the Ministry of Peshmerga. 

In this reform project, the gaps need to be identified. We have many gaps. According to the Iraqi constitution, the Ministry of Peshmerga is part of the Iraqi defense apparatus.  Unfortunately, however, ever since the Iraqi constitution was adopted, we are still waiting for our entitlements from the Iraqi federal government. We haven’t got them as of now in terms of budget, weapons, ammunition, [training] courses, in all aspects. The Iraqi government as of now hasn’t shouldered its responsibility and has violated the Iraqi constitution. It hasn’t supported the Peshmerga forces. 

Back in the days we had negotiations with the Iraqi federal government and Iraqi Ministry of Defense, in the years 2006 and 2007, to reach an agreement for Peshmerga forces to become part of the Iraqi defense apparatus, to become Kurdistan Region Guards, in parenthesis Peshmerga Forces. An agreement was made with the supervision of the Coalition forces, especially America. All sides signed it. We have these documents. However, when it was given to then-Prime Minister Maliki, he violated it, ignored it, and it was never implemented. 

That is why, from then up to now, we have many gaps. The Kurdistan Regional Government tries a lot to provide the Ministry of

 

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Peshmerga with some budget. The budget that was allocated to the Ministry of Peshmerga was very little. The allocated budget would be cut from other service ministries, such as the [Ministries of] Municipalities, Health, Higher Education or Education so that a part of the Peshmerga budget is provided that would only be for salaries, daily expenses or bonuses. However, we have never had a budget for development, arming, equipping, and housing… We haven’t had this up to now. 

What we have had was very little. For example, if we were to compare the salary of the Peshmerga to Iraqi soldiers, a normal Iraqi soldier receives more than one million Iraqi dinars. Peshmerga received about 500,000 ($420 monthly), meaning half of the salary of an Iraqi soldier. However, if we were to look at the performance of the Peshmerga, its performance is much better than the performance of an Iraqi soldier. We all saw that in 2014 – four divisions of the Iraqi Army, without a fight, without a single shot, in one day, threw down all their weapons, collapsed, left their bases and fled to their homes. However, the Peshmerga forces then, when they received half a salary every three or four months, had the readiness to fight and sacrifice their life for their nation. 

It is true that the budget, salary, equipment and logistical necessities are very important for an army. Morale and allegiance are more important. Fortunately, Peshmerga morale has always been high. Their loyalty to the homeland is very high. Another strong point of the Peshmerga, especially for the Kurdistan Region, is the strong relation between the populace of Kurdistan and the security forces, especially Peshmerga and Asayesh. There is trust. However, if we look at the Iraqi security forces, they might be breached. The people might not trust them. 

That is why unfortunately in the past we didn’t have the budget to develop our forces. America has tried filling some of these gaps in the past years for the Peshmerga forces. Germany has also had an important role in supporting Peshmerga forces, including training, advising, providing some arms and implementing some projects. 

As an example, in the fight against Daesh, Daesh used chemical weapons more than 20 times, but we didn’t have the capability to protect our Peshmerga. About 400 Peshmerga were injured due to Daesh chemical weapons. We didn’t have gas masks and some

 

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other chemical materials. That is why we established the Chemical Defense Unit in the Ministry of Peshmerga. Germany was very helpful in this with regard to providing equipment and training. America too. Germany made some other projects too. For example, we had 10,000 injured in the fight against Daesh. Unfortunately we couldn’t treat them all in our hospitals. The Ministry of Peshmerga had no military hospital. I personally gave Germany a project. They approved it, thus establishing a Peshmerga hospital especially for treating Peshmerga and their families. 

Will the 68 billion dinars from Iraq help you get closer to the Iraqi Defense Ministry and Iraqi defense apparatus?

On paper, we are part of the Iraqi defense apparatus. But based on entitlements, we haven’t received our entitlements to be part of the Iraqi defense apparatus. For example, in the war against Daesh, Hashd al-Shaabi was founded. It is composed of about 60 Shiite groups. They all united [under the Popular Mobilization Forces], but have differing agendas. They were trained and supported in different places. For the war against Daesh, the federal government, in just a single day, legalized the force by sending a bill, the Hashd al-Shaabi Bill, to the parliament. However, we have been waiting for nearly 14 years for the Peshmerga Bill or Peshmerga entitlement to be placed in the Iraqi federal budget, but to no avail. 

For this year, the Iraqi federal government has decided to allocate 68 billion [dinars, $57 million] for the Ministry of Peshmerga. This might be half, even less than a quarter of the Peshmerga’s rights. Nevertheless, we deem it good for the relations to be built again. This will fill a gap for the Peshmerga. It won’t fill all of them, but it will fill a gap, although we haven’t received this money yet. 

Also, back then, from 2009 to 2014, we had joint forces in the disputed territories between Peshmerga forces, Iraqi forces, local police, and Asayesh. In Mosul, Kirkuk, and Diyala we had joint checkpoints, joint coordination centers and joint forces. However, with the arrival of Daesh, it took control of most of the disputed areas in Mosul, Diyala, Tikrit and other areas. Peshmerga forces went to Kirkuk. Joint forces no longer exist. If we were to look at the condition of the disputed territories, they are very bad. Daesh is about to re-emerge. Security conditions are bad. There are gaps between our forward defense line and Iraq’s forward defense line. Daesh is making use of that gap. Their terrorist activities have increased in the disputed territories, especially in Kirkuk, south of Kirkuk, Hamrin, Mosul and other areas. That is why it has become a popular demand. The people and the Coalition ask for joint forces to be re-established. We are of the opinion that the joint forces should be re-established until Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution is implemented. 

How have things progressed in the joint committees set up between Iraq’s Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Peshmerga? 

Two supreme committees in the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Peshmerga have been established and a number of sub-committees. There has been one meeting of the supreme committee. The sub-committees have had their meetings too, to look into coordination and cooperation. There have been field surveys from Khanaqin to Shingal. We are waiting for the second meeting with the supreme committee of Iraq’s Ministry of Defense for things to go forward. 

 

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We see that the Iraqi side is dragging its feet. They aren’t coming forward as they should. The field reports are ready. We are waiting for more meetings to reach an agreement. However, there is some slacking on the Iraqi side. 

There are rumors that there are a large number of ghost employees in the Ministry of Peshmerga, such as ghost Peshmerga. Will digitizing their salaries resolve this issue?

First, there is no evidence that the Ministry of Peshmerga has ghost employees. The working hours of Peshmerga are different from the Iraqi Army or another country’s army. A Peshmerga is always ready to sacrifice his life for Kurdistan. But Peshmerga are also humans. They have families. They need to live. If the salary is small or doesn’t exist monthly, then the Peshmerga will have to act like a reserve force. We might not be able to tell a Peshmerga to work 21 to 23 days in a month. We can’t impose that on them. Even being on duty requires necessities, food and expenses. The Peshmerga also needs to provide his family with food and services. Some of them have kids going to school. Some of them live in a rented house. That is why there has to be the chance for them to do other work to provide for themselves. Some people might think this means there are ghost Peshmerga, but no. This is the working system.

There might be ghost Peshmerga and this will resolve it to a great degree. It is an international system. The salary will go directly to the Peshmerga. Work has been done. As a test, we started with the directorate of reform. We hope in the future other directorates and units of Peshmerga do the same. The project will be easier if salaries and the Peshmerga budget are provided and given on time. 

Is there a deadline set for the reform projects?

This project is a long-term project. It might span five years or more. Some of the 35 projects are easy and can be done in a couple of months. Some others are long term and will take years. 

There is the feeling that progress on the reforms has been slow. Is it political or lack of human capital?

Quite the opposite. For example, Colonel Will Davies, the British advisor [to Peshmerga] and another British colonel in Baghdad have the same reform process for Iraqi security forces in Baghdad. Everyone, including Britain, America and the Coalition say that the Peshmerga reform project progresses much better and faster than the one in Baghdad. The work isn’t easy. It requires time, political

 

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will. It requires the support of the parties and the Regional Government, without a doubt. It also requires capabilities. What we have seen is that there is strong political will. Even the KDP and PUK support this project through Units 70 and 80. In the future, if we have a new [Regional] government, then of course it will gain more momentum. I see that there is seriousness on all sides. 

How do these reforms help Peshmerga in the fight against ISIS and decreasing casualties?

After the war against Daesh, there was a need for After Action Review. We started this plan to study the shortcomings that we had in the fight against Daesh in every aspect, whether training, readiness, treating wounded Peshmerga, command and control and bases. In my opinion, this reform process of the Peshmerga will be very helpful for the readiness of the Peshmerga in the future to be better, for casualties to be less, and to counter our enemies. Daesh has indeed been defeated as a caliphate, but it and its ideology remains. 

The Peshmerga have been known as a guerilla force. How will these reforms change the identity of the Peshmerga?

The fight against Daesh and terrorist groups, urban fighting, suicide bombers, these are a new generation of fighting. It isn’t an easy fight. Peshmerga forces in the past had very good experience in mountainous and guerilla fighting. This fight, however, was new for the Peshmerga. Fortunately, with the passage of days in the fight against Daesh, the Peshmerga adapted to the fighting and learned the style. This type of fighting might be easier for us now than it was in its initial stages. 

Will these reforms focus on giving Peshmerga urban warfare training?

This reform covers all aspects. It is general, focused on the method of elevating the Peshmerga’s performance and what kind force we can have in the future, for the reserves, engineering, and military class to be developed. 
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Baghdad, Kurdistan to discuss oil disputes, 50 percent bpd boost in Kirkuk

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Baghdad, Kurdistan to discuss oil disputes, 50 percent bpd boost in Kirkuk
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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A delegation from Baghdad will soon meet with officials from the autonomous Kurdistan Region to discuss disputes related to oil exports and other budget agreements, Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said on Thursday.

Ghadhban also stated that his ministry had conducted research to boost oil output capacity from Kirkuk Province's oilfields by 50 percent of the current level, Reuters reported.

Earlier this month, the Iraqi official visited Kirkuk and said that the Iraqi federal government would build a refinery in the province that would boost barrels of oil per day (bpd) that Kirkuk is able to produce.

“The ministry has put the final touches on building an investment refinery in Kirkuk with a capacity of 150,000 barrels per day and according to the latest international standards,” he said.

Exports from oil fields in Kirkuk to Turkey’s Ceyhan port rose to 99,000 bpd in March, from 63,000 bpd the month before, according to the ministry’s statement.

The disputed province, claimed by both the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government of Iraq, has some of the oldest and largest oilfields in the Middle East.

Since 2014, Kirkuk’s oil was exported through the Kurdistan Region to Turkey. However, the shipment was halted after the military takeover by Iraqi forces and Shia militias in the province on Oct. 16, 2017. On Nov. 16, 2018, Baghdad restarted exports of Kirkuk oil to Turkey through the Kurdistan Region’s oil pipeline at a rate of around 50,000 bpd.

Iraq is the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) second-largest producer just after Saudi Arabia and currently has an output below its maximum capacity of nearly five million bpd.

In early January, Baghdad reaffirmed its commitment to cut annual oil production as per an agreement between OPEC and additional non-member states such as Russia – known together as OPEC+ – to curtail global supply and bolster prices. 

 

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Parliamentary Finance: Privileges granted to "Kurdistan" were not within the federal budget

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A member of the Finance Committee parliamentary Abdul Hadi al-Saadawi, on Friday, that the financial privileges granted to the Kurdistan region were not within the federal budget, among the privileges were within the draft submitted by the Iraqi government. Al-Saadawi said in a statement that "the draft included giving the region's dues of salaries even if the Kurdistan government did not commit to pay the oil revenues, but that was changed in Article 10-c including the non-delivery of the region dues from salaries in the event that the provincial government did not commit to pay the oil dues The federal government to stop the delivery of the region's dues from salaries. " Al-Saadawi said that despite the excesses during the past two months by the Minister of Finance to pay the financial dues of salaries, but outside the budget and outside the official approvals, a letter sent to the Minister of Finance by the Committee to clarify the legal face in which the payment of salaries for the past two months

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criticized a member of the House of Representatives High Nassif, Saturday, " the absence of justice , " the government has in dealing with the Kurdistan region of employees ' salaries issue, arguing that the government received money from the oil revenues of Basra for "parties and fiefdoms in the region , despite the continuation of the region 's oil smuggling without the presence of Impact of imports ". 

In a statement received by Alsumaria News, Nassif said in a statement that "when the government implemented the budget law not to hand over the salaries of regional employees because the government of the Territory to pay government dues from oil revenues we hear accusations of the government to starve the Kurds and the practice of collective punishment against them, Owns and gives money on its own in light of the continued smuggling of oil in the region and the absence of an impact for imports. "


She added: "We are not against granting salaries to the employees of the region, but we reject the injustice of any component, but the wealth of Iraq is the right of the people from the north to the south and not the right of feudalism and parties, nor may be disposed of by any outside the legal frameworks, Live fairly and do not be contributors to the theft of oil of the region to be compensated from the revenues of Basra oil, the fair justice of all Iraqis wherever they are. " 

It is noteworthy that the Minister of Oil Thamer Ghadhban , confirmed on Thursday (25 April 2019), that the Kurdistan Regional Government has not yet delivered what was approved in the budget of 2019

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Al-Ghadhban: Talks with the Kurdistan region on mechanisms to hand over the government 250 thousand barrels of oil per day

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The Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban, on Thursday, the Federal Government does not receive the oil quantities included in the financial budget and due to the Kurdistan region, amounting to 250 thousand barrels per day, revealing the near arrival of a delegation from the region to hold dialogues with the federal government and the mechanisms of delivery These quantities, which are binding on the province in accordance with the federal budget law.

Al-Ghadhban said during a joint press conference with the Minister of Electricity Luay Khatib and the head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birul, attended by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The federal government has prioritized the advancement of energy in all its joints and prepared plans in coordination with international partners on this matter, Stressing "the success of the Ministry of Oil to promote the development of oil production and gas sector, which contributes to the 95% financial budget, in addition to the provision of fuel for electric stations."

He added that "the Ministry of Oil has mobilized its potential to provide gas and kerosene for electric power plants before next summer, as it stored large quantities of kerosene," adding that "the ministry's tanks managed to deliver gas to Basmaya electric station through pipelines."

"The federal budget stressed the need to deliver the Kurdistan region federal government 250 thousand barrels per day of oil produced in the province, which has not delivered to date any quantities," he said, revealing "the arrival of a delegation from the province to Baghdad to discuss on this subject, which is binding for the region According to the federal budget law. "

For his part, said Berrol: "Iraq has succeeded during the last period to promote the energy situation, even in relative terms, despite the difficult circumstances experienced by the war on the preacher of the terrorist," and expected that "Iraq's production in the next two years to 6 million barrels per day, In other joints. "

"With regard to the electricity sector, the promotion was relative, for several reasons, including technical."

During the conference, Berrol put forward a roadmap to promote the electricity situation, consisting of 6 axes, the most important of which is work to reduce the rumors in the distribution of energy as the size of the rumors about 35% and this is not in the world, where the volume of natural rumors about 8%, "revealing "The volume of waste due to the fluctuation of processing and the resort of citizens to private generators, amounting to 4 billion dinars annually as a result of the purchase of electricity citizens of the owners of civil generators, more than one and a half of what the Ministry of Electricity receives from citizens.

 

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Government delegation includes a number of ministers visiting the Kurdistan Region

 

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A delegation of the federal government on Sunday, a number of ministers, is scheduled to visit Erbil, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Bashir Haddad said on Saturday.

Haddad said in a televised statement that the government delegation will hold meetings with the Kurdish leadership in order to address all outstanding problems between Arbil and Baghdad.

According to Haddad, the federal delegation includes ministers of planning, industry, trade and culture and a number of other ministers, as well as the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq and the Chairman of the Iraqi Investment Commission and a number of other officials.

He pointed out that these and officials will meet with their counterparts in the Kurdistan region, for the purpose of greater coordination and understanding of the purpose of dealing with the problems between Erbil and Baghdad.

 

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A delegation of the federal government on Sunday, a number of ministers, is scheduled to visit Erbil, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Bashir Haddad said on Saturday

so this is today in Iraq..

 

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To find understandings .. Government delegation arrives in Arbil

Political | 09:47 - 28/04/2019

 

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=44490

 

Barbil - Mawazine News A 
delegation from the federal government arrived Sunday in Erbil. 
"A delegation from the local government includes Minister of Industry Saleh al-Jubouri, Minister of Planning Nuri Sabah al-Dulaimi, Minister of Culture Abdulamir al-Hamdani, Minister of Commerce Mohammad Hashem al-Ani, Chairman of the Investment Authority and Governor of the Central Bank, To Erbil. " 
He added that "the purpose of the visit is to find a mechanism to resolve the outstanding problems between Erbil and Baghdad," noting that the delegation will hold meetings with officials in Kurdistan. "

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