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

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KDP to support Future Nineveh Governor Conditionally

 

 BasNews   06/05/2019 - 00:11  Published inKurdistan

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/518886

ERBIL - The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has said that it will support the future governor of Nineveh conditionally, one of which is to see justice among all components in the disputed areas.

Talking to BasNews, Ali Khalil, a KDP representative in Mosul city, pointed out that the person whom they vote for should practice equity and provide public services to residents, and work for ousting the non-local forces from the province.

He also has to make efforts to implement article 140 from the Iraqi Constitution, while serving all diverse religious and ethnic groups equally from Sinjar to Makhmour.

Concerning the appointment of a new governor for Nineveh with a deputy, Khalil revealed that the Arabic factions have not reached any agreements to appoint anyone for the post of the governor, but that the KDP could nominate an official for the position of deputy governor within hours.

The major Kurdish party stressed that it would spare no efforts to put an end to the process of arabization and changing of demography in the area, accusing the pro-Iranian Hashd al-Shaabi militias of attempting to do so.

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Parliamentary finance calls on the government to "bold steps" on the oil of the region

18:33 - 05/05/2019

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/05/05/404583/

 

Information / Private ..

A member of the Finance Committee, Hoshyar Abdullah, on Sunday, the Kurdistan Regional Government of the consequences of non-commitment to pay money through the company Sumo and export.

Abdullah said, "It is time for Baghdad to take bold steps towards the territorial government, which did not abide by the oil agreement," stressing the need to commit to export through the company Sumo.

He added that "the failure of the Barzani party's adherence to the control of oil is a serious risk and large right to the people and staff of the region," stressing "the lack of transparency and clarity on oil revenues and funds, and you must know Baghdad where to go these funds." Finished 15

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It is time for Baghdad to take bold steps towards the territorial government, which did not abide by the oil agreement," stressing the need to commit to export through the company Sumo.

 

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The Ministry of Finance discusses oil prices and avoid any deficit in the budget

Date of release: 2019/5/6 12:37 • 202 times read

{Baghdad: Al-Furat News} The Ministry of Finance discussed oil prices and avoid any deficit in the budget.

A statement by the Office of the Minister of Finance received the agency {Euphrates News} a copy of it, "Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Fouad Hussein, chaired the meeting of the budget strategy for the year 2019 During the meeting, which was attended by a number of advisers in the advisers and the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Directors General and heads of financial services In the ministries and representatives of the Kurdistan region; discuss the economic and financial issues of the general budget and operating expenses and current budget revenues and oil prices and the establishment of mechanisms to avoid any deficit gets the budget. 
He added that "consideration was also given to the participation of the Kurdistan region in the preparation of the budget, where the audience put forward multiple views in order to avoid any deficit gets the budget as well as seek to increase revenues and reduce expenses, on the other hand, the issue of addressing the liquidity shortage that led to borrowing during the previous budgets.
The statement pointed out that "the agreement has been on the formation of specialized committees to determine the policy of the budget, taking into account the maximization of imports and reduce the over-expenditure to eliminate the fiscal deficit in some ministries also attended the meeting Directors-General of the Ministry of Finance and its departments."

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Baghdad and Arbil form joint committees to determine the budget policy

 

 

 2019/05/06 05:48:50

The Ministry of Finance announced on Monday the agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government on the formation of specialized committees to determine the political budget for the current year.

A statement issued by the ministry said on Monday that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Fuad Hussein, the meeting of the strategy of the general budget for 2019 During the meeting, which was attended by a number of advisers in the advisers and the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and general managers and heads of financial departments in the ministries representatives of the Kurdistan Region; Budget and oil prices and mechanisms to avoid any budget deficit

The statement added that consideration was given to the participation of the Kurdistan region in the preparation of the budget, where the audience put forward multiple views in order to avoid any deficit gets the budget as well as seek to increase revenues and reduce expenses, on the other hand, the issue of addressing the liquidity shortage that led to borrowing during previous budgets.

The statement added that it was agreed on the formation of specialized committees to determine the budget policy, taking into account the maximization of imports and reduce the excess expenditure to get rid of the fiscal deficit in some ministries.

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The Parliament of Kurdistan is working on the legislation of the unification of the Peshmerga forces

Political | 06:58 - 06/05/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - The 
Deputy Chairman of the Peshmerga and Asayish Committee in the Parliament of the Kurdistan region Osman Karim, on Monday, the most important law to work on his committee is the unification of the Peshmerga forces in the region. 
"We are working on a draft of the unification of the Peshmerga forces, 70 troops and 80 troops, to be nonpartisan forces linked to one ministry," Karim told Mawazine News. 
He added that "the lack of trust between the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the National Union highlighted the impediments to the completion of this law and the development of the relationship recently between them leads us towards the completion of this law and offered to vote in parliament to become a Peshmerga one and there is no Peshmerga of parties."

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=45774

 

 

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Four Kurdish committees visit Baghdad

Political | 04:19 - 06/05/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
An official in the Kurdistan region said on Monday that four committees from the province will visit Baghdad in the coming days. 
The Director-General of the Ministry of Trade and Industry Abdul Razzaq Naundi, said that "is scheduled to visit a high delegation from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the region, Baghdad, the objective of the visit to discuss and discuss some trade issues between the Kurdistan region and Baghdad and ways to develop future plans and programs, especially as the current circumstances are positive And favorable between the region and Baghdad. "  
 He added that "the purpose of the visit of the delegation of Kurdistan is to address the problems and differences that still exist between Erbil and Baghdad on allowing the import and export and trade exchange between the region and Baghdad." 
 On the other hand, said Ahmed Rikani, head of the investment in the region "
 He is also scheduled to visit a delegation from the General Directorate of Taxation in the Kurdistan region, Baghdad. In this regard, Deputy Director General of Customs Abdul Qader Abdullah, said that "there is an intention to visit a delegation from the General Directorate of Taxation to Baghdad during this month without specifying the date of the visit Also is scheduled to visit a senior delegation in the field of oil and gas, Baghdad this month also to discuss the file Oil and gas with officials and those involved in this sector in Baghdad. "

 

 

 

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A government delegation from the region will visit Baghdad tomorrow to resolve a pending issue

History of edits:: 2019/5/7 9:44 • 321 times readable

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) A senior delegation from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will visit Baghdad on Wednesday to resolve the issue of granting import and export licenses.

"The delegation of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the region will visit Baghdad on Wednesday," said the director general of trade in the province, Nozad Adham. 
Adham explained that "the visit of the delegation comes to solve the problems on import between the region and Baghdad." 
He pointed out that "the federal government demands that the import and export license be centralized and leave only from Baghdad, but the Kurdistan Regional Government rejected the request was not resolved this problem at the previous meeting, and will be completed this issue during the visit of the delegation of the province this week to Baghdad ".is over

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Iraqi Foreign Ministry to Open Office in Kurdistan

 

 BasNews   08/05/2019 - 00:59  Published inKurdistan

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/519361

ERBIL - The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to open an office in the Kurdistan Region to facilitate the citizens' paperwork, a lawmaker confirmed on Tuesday.

Talking to BasNews, Muthanna Amin, head of Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) at the Iraqi Council of Representatives, who had suggested the opening of the foreign office in the region, said that "after a lot of efforts and several contacts with officials from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, the relevant institutions, and the governor of [Kurdistan Region's] Sulaimaniya, the foreign ministry finally approved on the opening of the office."

According to Amin, the facility will be opened in Sulaimaniya province, without specifying a timeline for the move.

He further pointed out that it is "a great achievement for the people of Kurdistan Region," noting that they no longer need to travel to Baghdad for signatures and other related paperwork.

"We hope it will be open as soon as possible as it will benefit people from both the Kurdistan Region and Sunni residential areas."

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Tuesday، 07 May 2019 02:11 PM

Kurdish delegation in Baghdad to discuss 5 issues with gov't

https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/39244/Kurdish-delegation-in-Baghdad-to-discuss-5-issues-with-gov-t

 

A high-level Kurdish delegation will visit Baghdad soon to tackle several issue with the federal government, an official said.

In remarks, Jamal Kojar, head of the Kurdistan Islamic Union bloc, said “the delegation will tackle five issues with the government of Adil Abdul-Mahdi’s cabinet, including oil and applying the terms related to it that were mentioned in the 2019 State budget law.”

Moreover, he added that “among the issues that will be tackled in the customs fees, the candidate for Justice Ministry, disbanding Nineveh Provincial Council, the situation in Kirkuk and the demographic changes there.”

The 2019 State budget law obliges the federal government to disburse the financial requirements of the Kurdistan employees and Peshmerga, while Kurdistan Region’s government exports 250,000 barrels of oil daily.

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KRG deputy PM meets with French experts to lay out better governance plan

By Rudaw 1 hour ago 

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Qubad Talabani (middle right), the deputy PM of the Kurdistan Regional Government, meets with a French delegation in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, on May 7, 2019.

 

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A group of French experts came to the Kurdistan Region on Tuesday to help in budgeting and auditing matters following a meeting between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani and a French Finance Ministry delegation in Erbil.
 

“The French government is expected to send some of its experts to advice the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in budgeting and expense auditing matters in the Kurdistan Region in the next two months,” a statement from the KRG read. 

They are also due to “train government employees, help in amending old laws, and developing agriculture and tourism sectors,” the statement added.

The areas the KRG primarily needs help with are “auditing” and the “classic model of budgeting that is complex and cumbersome making it difficult to monitor corruption,” Rewaz Fayeq, the head of finance and economic affairs committee in the KRG parliament, told Rudaw English.

Fayeq stressed the KRG needs a modern model of budgeting that is “more transparent, honest and detailed in order to be able to prevent corruption.”

The KRG Integrity Commission has already started to crack down on corruption cases, but is facing difficulties due to the lack of sufficient prosecutors and laws that provide immunity to some officials involved in corruption. Last year, the Integrity Commission submitted 198 corruption cases to courts, but only 33 of them have been concluded – 16 in Duhok, 15 in Erbil, and two in Sulaimani. 

“The problem is the lack of a special court to deal with corruption cases,” explained Ahmad Anwar, the  head of Integrity Commission said at the time. They have submitted many cases to court and, two years on, hearing dates still have not been set for some of them, he said at the time.

The commission also outlined another problem – the abundance of immunity in the upper echelons of power that is preventing investigations into those accused of corruption. Many syndicates have immunity, meaning their members can appear before a court only if the syndicate gives its permission.

“In many offices, when one of their members is accused of corruption, he should take permission from his boss [to be able to appear before the court]. Some syndicates have fixed this in their laws. And this has created problems because having immunity or having to take permission from your boss prevents investigations,” Anwar addded.

The Integrity Commission has estimated that nearly 298.5 billion dinars ($250 million) is wrapped up in the corruption cases. They have so far recuperated almost 5.4 billion dinars ($4.5 million), mostly in Sulaimani province.

The lawmaker also said the KRG needs to “adjust its old central rules to the free open market in the Kurdistan Region” in order to attract more investors to the Region who often complain of unnecessary bureaucracy.

Fayeq said she couldn’t comment on today’s KRG meeting with the French Finance Ministry’s Department of International Aid, but said the KRG mainly needs training in areas of “auditing, monitoring, budgeting, and planning,” adding it appears France is the country that is prepared to do this at this time.

Talabani was the list leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) campaign in the Iraqi and Kurdistan Region parliamentary elections last year. Campaigning on an anti-corruption platform, Talabani and the PUK did well — re-establishing itself as the second-largest Kurdistani party.

The deputy PM has spearheaded governmental transparency and reform initiatives in Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani’s government. 

"The decentralization of power has to be the priority of the next government and there should be a strong monitoring on the decentralized powers so as to know how they are managed," Talabani said at a forum in October 2018. 

Prior to the elections, Talabani and US officials revealed the Iraqi Governance Performance and Accountability program to help the KRG and Iraq meet the needs of its people through better governance and delivery of services in March 2018. 

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An important agreement between the center and the region

Date of release: 2019/5/8 14:21 • 158 times read

(Baghdad: Al-Furat News) The Minister of Commerce, Mohammad Hashim al-Ani, that the issue of "import and export licenses" was concluded with the Economic Commission in the Kurdistan region, during the meeting held between the parties, on Wednesday.

Al-Ani said during a press conference that "the meeting of the Economic Commission in the Kurdistan region, which was on a broad level, discussed all issues, in addition to outstanding issues with the Federal Ministry of Commerce." 
He added that "the delegation was composed of general managers of the region, was supposed to attend the Minister of Trade and Industry in the region, but did not attend because of a difficult health condition, and attended the general managers, and discussed our discussions import licenses to branches of companies of the Ministry of Commerce in the region.
He continued: "We reached satisfactory results, and the issue of import and export licenses between the federal government and the territorial government was resolved, and we agreed to sign a record, and the General Company for Iraqi Exhibitions now signed with the official in charge of this subject in the Directorate General of Trade in the Territory," pointing out that " This record will complement the decision No. 13 of 2019 issued by the Council of Ministers on the unification of procedures between the federal government and the territorial government, and thus we have covered almost all the decision. 
"We have solved the obstacles and problems that have emerged at a very good time. We have not had any problems with the region, because our language is the language of understanding and we hope that things will be done in the right way," he said.
"We have an export support fund, which is based on a federal government law. They are part of the federal government. The territorial government is part of the federal government. We agreed to open an account in the region to the export support fund. We differed and agreed on almost all points. " 
He went on saying: "I ask the media and the press to be put right, there are no problems and lack of ration, and the distribution of vocabulary according to the program theme by the Ministry and we have no defect in this subject." 
"We have distributed two portions of sugar and oil for this year, two portions of rice and three servings of flour, and this is the ministry's program, which the citizen has known, we have no defect in it," he said.
He pointed out that "according to the allocations allocated according to the budget, the quotas ration card and ration card items are according to the budget, if the budget allocated a high amount of the number of months more, and if the amounts allocated less, the number of months of processing. 
It is noteworthy that a delegation from the Ministry of Commerce in the Kurdistan region met in Baghdad with the Federal Ministry of Commerce, on Wednesday, with the aim of standardizing procedures for granting import and export licenses and a range of other issues. 
The meeting today as one of the results of a joint meeting between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, held on April 28 in Erbil, during which the parties agreed to work on the implementation of actions that are in the public interest of Iraq and the Kurdistan region and work to resolve outstanding issues.

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after reading most of this about immunity and needing a note from your boss to be interrogated, makes me want to go vomit.

with corruption so entrenched, maybe the people of Iraq should consider renting one of our B 52’s and make a bombing run of there own,  on the government thieves.

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Trade Minister chairs joint meeting with Kurdish delegation to resolve outstanding issues

10:00 - 08/05/2019

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Information / Baghdad .. 
announced that the Ministry of Commerce, on Wednesday, chaired by the Minister for Mohammad Hashim al - Ani , a joint meeting with a delegation representing the Kurdistan Regional Government toresolve the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil . 
"The Minister of Commerce chaired a joint meeting with a delegation representing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)," the ministry said in a statement received. 
The statement added that "the meeting comes to discuss outstanding issues related to the unification of procedures." Ending / 25

 

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/05/08/405071/

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75% of Kirkuk IDPs return to their places of origin

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Kirkuk / Nahdet Ali 

 

 

The Ministry of Migration and Displaced in Kirkuk revealed the return of 75 percent of the displaced to their areas of origin in the southwest of the province, while continuing to receive requests for the voluntary return of displaced Mosul, who are settled in the camps. 

The Director of the Department of Migration and Displaced in Kirkuk, Ammar Sabah told «morning»: that the Department continues to receive requests for the voluntary return of the remaining families of displaced from the areas of Ayadiyah and Beiji and Mosul, in addition to a few areas of southwest of liberated Kirkuk.

He pointed out that the request submitted by families wishing to return is presented to the competent committee, which includes representatives of the security services in the province, in addition to the Immigration Department, during which the security of the applicant's security situation will be clarified to be returned.

Sabah pointed out that 75 percent of the IDPs in these areas have been repatriated after the implementation of the reconstruction projects, which included the provision of basic services for them, while the remaining 2100 displaced families are stable in three camps east of the province.

He added that immigration agencies continue to coordinate with international organizations to include displaced people with food aid and other supplies, as well as providing them with health services through the provision of health center and staffing 

And treatments.

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Masrour Barzani Discusses Regional Developments with US Delegation

 

 Basnews English 09/05/2019 - 16:10 Published in Kurdistan

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/519729

 

ERBIL — Chancellor of Kurdistan Region Security Council Masrour Barzani received a diplomatic and military delegation from the US on Thursday to review the latest developments in the region.

The US delegation was led by Acting Assistant Secretary David Satterfield, according to the readout of the meeting. They had an “in-depth discussion on regional developments and relations between Kurdistan Region, Iraq and the United States of America”.

Barzani, who is nominated to take the office as the new Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, briefed the guests on the improvements in the relations between Erbil and Baghdad. They also discussed the ties between Kurdistan Region and neighboring countries.

“In the meeting attended by Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera of the Global Coalition, Chancellor Barzani and Ambassador Satterfield reviewed with concern increasing ISIS activities in Iraq and Syria,” the readout added.

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France to open advisory office on financial affairs in Erbil

 Kurdistan 24 |

4 hours ago

 

http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/e1f20997-e07f-4083-b2b0-e748e66b555e

 

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KRG Finance and Economy Minister Rebaz Hamlan meeting with a French delegation on May, 09, 1019. (Photo: KRG)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The French government has decided to open a coordination center for financial affairs in Erbil, a statement from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Finance and Economy confirmed on Wednesday.

The announcement came during a meeting on Wednesday between a delegation of experts from the French ministry of finance, spearheaded by Sylvie Sturel, and KRG finance and economy minister, Rebaz Hamlan.

The French delegation, which has met with several KRG officials, seeks to advise the Kurdish government on financial affairs such as regional budgeting, auditing, expenditure control, and tax reform, the statement said.

To provide further counsel on the mentioned matters, the French government will open a “coordination office” in Erbil “at the soonest,” the statement added.

During the meeting, Hamlan expressed gratitude for France’s historic relations and support for the Kurdish region and relayed some steps the KRG has taken to modernize the financial sector and the economy of the region.

“The ministry, aided by domestic and foreign experts, has worked on systematized and computerized crossings, customs points, and taxation,” the Kurdish minister had told the French delegation, according to the statement.

Hamlan further claimed that to diversify national revenue streams, they had facilitated advances in “trade, manufacturing and tourism sectors.” He also added that the government was engaged in efforts to reduce dependence on cash, which slows transactions between countries.

Editing by Nadia Riva

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Readout of Chancellor Masrour Barzani’s meeting with U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary

https://krsc.gov.krd/statements/readout-chancellor-masrour-barzanis-meeting-u-s-acting-assistant-secretary/

 

9 May, 2019

 

 

 

Chancellor Masrour Barzani and Acting Assistant Secretary David Satterfield today had an in-depth discussion on regional developments and relations between Kurdistan Region, Iraq and the United States of America. They spoke at length about ongoing progress between KRG and the Federal Government, as well as bilateral relations between Kurdistan Region and its neighbors. In the meeting attended by Lieutenant General Paul LaCamera of the Global Coalition, Chancellor Barzani and Ambassador Satterfield reviewed with concern increasing ISIS activities in Iraq and Syria.

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An important agreement between the center and the region

 

http://www.nahrainnews.net/content.php?id=22890   The Minister of Commerce, Mohammad Hashim al-Ani, that the issue of "import and export licenses" was concluded with the Economic Commission in the Kurdistan region, during the meeting held between the two parties, on Wednesday. He said at a news conference, "The meeting of the Economic Commission in the Kurdistan region, Was at a broad level, discussed all the issues, in addition to outstanding issues with the Federal Ministry of Commerce. " He added that "the delegation was composed of general managers of the region, was supposed to attend the Minister of Trade and Industry in the region, but did not attend because of a difficult health condition, and attended the general managers, and discussed our discussions import licenses to branches of companies of the Ministry of Commerce in the region. He continued: "We reached satisfactory results, and the issue of import and export licenses between the federal government and the territorial government was resolved, and we agreed to sign a record, and the General Company for Iraqi Exhibitions now signed with the official in charge of this subject in the Directorate General of Trade in the Territory," pointing out that " This record will complement the decision No. 13 of 2019 issued by the Council of Ministers on the unification of procedures between the federal government and the territorial government, and thus we have covered almost all the decision. "We have solved the obstacles and problems that have emerged at a very good time. We have not had any problems with the region, because our language is the language of understanding and we hope that things will be done in the right way," he said. "We have an export support fund, which is based on a federal government law. They are part of the federal government. The territorial government is part of the federal government. We agreed to open an account in the region to the export support fund. We differed and agreed on almost all points. " He went on saying: "I ask the media and the press to be put right, there are no problems and lack of ration, and the distribution of vocabulary according to the program theme by the Ministry and we have no defect in this subject." "We have distributed two portions of sugar and oil for this year, two portions of rice and three servings of flour, and this is the ministry's program, which the citizen has known, we have no defect in it," he said. He pointed out that "according to the allocations allocated according to the budget, the quotas ration card and ration card items are according to the budget, if the budget allocated a high amount of the number of months more, and if the amounts allocated less, the number of months of processing. It is noteworthy that a delegation from the Ministry of Commerce in the Kurdistan region met in Baghdad with the Federal Ministry of Commerce, on Wednesday, with the aim of standardizing procedures for granting import and export licenses and a range of other issues. The meeting today as one of the results of a joint meeting between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, held on April 28 in Erbil, during which the parties agreed to work on the implementation of actions that are in the public interest of Iraq and the Kurdistan region and work to resolve outstanding issues.

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US delegation to Barzani: improved relations between the region and Baghdad in the interest of both sides

Editorial date: • 05/18/2019 • 71 times scheduled

http://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=197505

(Baghdad: al-Furat News) President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani, with a senior delegation from the US State Department, on Thursday, the political situation in Iraq and the region, and threats to support the terrorist.

A statement from his office that "Barzani, received today at the resort of Salah al-Din, a senior delegation from the US Department of State, including David Satterfield, Deputy Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs Acting, and Joe Hood, deputy US ambassador to Iraq, and Steve Vickin US consul in Erbil, Powell Lakarima, head of military operations against Da'ash.
The statement added that "the guest delegation conveyed special greetings to US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mike Pompio to President Barzani, and discussed the political situation in Iraq and the region," stressing that "improved relations between the region and Baghdad is in the interest of both sides."
The two sides stressed that "threats to support the terrorist continue to pose a threat to security and stability in Iraq, Syria and the whole region."

 

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US delegation meets with senior Kurdistan Region leaders

Kurdistan 24 |

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The American and Kurdish flags flutter in the wind in the Kurdistan Region. (Photo: Assocaited Press/Khalid Mohammed)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The improving relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the Federal Government of Iraq led discussions on Thursday in two separate meetings that were held between a visiting US delegation and senior Kurdistan Region officials.

The USdelegation, headed by Amb. David Satterfield, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, met with both the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani, and the Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), Masrour Barzani.

The visiting delegation also included Joey Hood, Charge d'affaires of the US Mission in Iraq, Steven Fagin, USConsul General in Erbil, and Lt.Gen.Paul LaCamera, Commander of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State, formally known as Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR).

In the meeting with Masoud Barzani, Amb. Satterfield conveyed the greetings of US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, who visited Iraq in an unannounced trip on Tuesday.

For his part, Masoud Barzani “warmly welcomed the delegation, before discussing several key issues concerning bilateral relations between Baghdad and Erbil, adding that further strengthening those relations will certainly be of mutual interest,” a statement on the KDP leader’s website read.

 

The two parties also addressed the situation in Syria and Iraq following the military defeat of the self-styled Islamic State.

“President Barzani and his guests agreed that the terrorists of the Islamic State continue to pose a threat to the security of Iraq, Syria, and beyond,” the statement noted.

Indeed, despite its defeat, the so-called Islamic State continues to carry out sporadic attacks in formerly liberated areas of Iraq, like Mosul, and even places it never controlled like the capital of Baghdad.

Senior Kurdistan Region leaders, including Masoud and Masrour Barzani, have repeatedly warned that the root causes which led to the rise of the terrorist group must be addressed in order to prevent its resurgence.

During the meeting with Amb. Satterfield, Masoud Barzani “noted that the US-led coalition played and continues to play a major role in supporting the Peshmerga and Iraqi forces against the terrorists of the Islamic State.”

 

In a separate meeting with KRSC Chancellor Masrour Barzani, Amb. Satterfield and his delegation, including Lt. Gen. Camera, held“an in-depth discussion on regional developments and relations among the Kurdistan Region, Iraq and the United States of America,” a KRSC statement read.

Both sides “spoke at length about the ongoing progress between the KRG and the Federal Government, as well as bilateral relations between the Kurdistan Region and its neighbors.”

They also “reviewed with concern increasing ISIS activities in Iraq and Syria.”

Editing by Laurie Mylroie

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2019/05/09 20:08

US delegation to Barzani: improved relations between the region and Baghdad is in the interest of both sides

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/170631/وفد-امريكي-لبارزاني-تحسن-العلاقات-بين-الإقليم-وبغداد-يصب-بمصلحة-الجانبين

 

BAGHDAD - The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani, with a delegation from the US State Department, on Thursday, May 9, 2019, the political situation in Iraq and the region, and threats to support the terrorist.

A statement from the office of Massoud Barzani, that "the Democratic Party Chairman received at the resort of Salah al-Din, a senior delegation from the US State Department, including David Satterfield, Deputy Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs Acting, and Joe Hood, US deputy in Iraq, and Steve Vickin US consul in Erbil , And General Powell Lakarima, head of military operations against Da'ash.

The statement added that "the guest delegation conveyed special greetings to US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mike Pompio to President Barzani, and discussed the political situation in Iraq and the region," stressing that "improved relations between the region and Baghdad is in the interest of both sides."

The two sides stressed that "threats to support the terrorist continue to pose a threat to security and stability in Iraq, Syria and the whole region."

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Talabani discussed with the US delegation to form a regional government

10/05/2019 12:30 AM | Number of readings: 224

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  Kubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region with a delegation from the US State Department to form a new government and relations between the region and Baghdad. US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Satterfield chairs the US delegation. The delegation during the meeting with Qubad Talabani in Erbil, his full support to accelerate the steps to form a new government for the Kurdistan region.

  With regard to the Kurdistan region and Baghdad, the US delegation explained that with the strengthening of relations between the parties and develop and improve. The meeting was attended by the acting US ambassador to Iraq, Joe Hood, General Paul Lakamira, commander-in-chief of the coalition forces in Iraq and Syria, and Steven Vigan, US consul general in the Kurdistan region.

  The Director-General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs in the provincial government, Fouad Siddiq in a press statement briefed by the "Covenant News" that is scheduled in the next few days to start a new phase of the exchange of prisoners between the region and Iran, indicating that the process took place several times and the exchange of numbers Of prisoners between the two sides. He added that this time, fourteen Iranian prisoners in the region's reforms would be returned to their country, who had committed various crimes and were sentenced to prison, including people sentenced to death. Siddiq said that the process will take place in the middle of this month, and five prisoners from the Kurdistan region have been prepared to hand them from the Iranian side to the Kurdistan region, indicating that they will complete their sentences in the prisons of the region.

The statement stressed that the bloc supports the reconstruction of the official institutions of the Kurdistan region and the building of the state institutions, indicating that the reactivation of the Presidency of the region has a special importance for the region away from the subject of characterization of the institution as a sovereign and the orientation of the Communist Party is to participate seriously dialogue in all draft resolutions and amendments and have His own opinion. With regard to the decision to turn the party into an opposition, the Freedom Bloc is fully committed to party decisions and believes that the transformation of the opposition is to oppose the economic and social programs of the government and not to stand against government institutions. He added that the Freedom Bloc continues to perform its tasks with maximum responsibility and hopes that this will put an end to the defamation and distortion of high values.

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2019/05/10 11:10

 

Ghadban: Baghdad will cut the share of the financial region if not received oil under the federal law (Video)

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BAGHDAD / Oil Minister Thamir al-Ghadhban said on Friday that Baghdad would cut off the province's oil if it did not receive Kurdistan oil under federal law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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