After the arrival of the amounts from Baghdad .. Kurdistan begins to distribute salaries to its employees

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Opinion

Kurdish vulnerability in Baghdad can be countered by KDP-PUK unity

By Hiwa Jamal 7 minutes ago

https://www.rudaw.net/english/opinion/060820191

 

Iraqi MPs at parliament in Baghdad in 2018. Photo: AFP

I want to share with you my experiences from Baghdad, where I spent three days meeting public figures and lawmakers with a Rudaw team. 
 

They told me that the Kurdistan Coalition at Iraqi parliament only exists as far as the sign hanging on the part of the building where the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) lawmakers stay. Kurdish blocs do not have coordination or a unified position, but this does not mean that there is animosity between them. Rather, there is a sort of uncertainty among them.

 

They told me that there are several sensitive and sometimes decisive issues which require us to work together as a Kurdistani team in Baghdad, against two big Sunni and Shiite contingents. An ununified Kurdish position will hinder our ability to counter threats to our share of the 2020 budget.

Iraqi finance minister Fuad Hussein, a Kurd, was appointed by KDP leader Masoud Barzani. Kurdish and Arab lawmakers as well as the parliament presidency complain about his attitudes and behavior. One positive thing I heard about him was that he has said he would not do anything illegal for anyone. Rejecting and eradicating illegality is a virtue. 

 

However, what has mainly angered parliamentarians is his rejection of requests for answers. This has been the pretext for which lawmakers have twice summoned him to parliament - but the parliament presidency have taken this pretext out of the meeting agendas. If summoned, he could be probed, and a call for no-confidence vote could be initiated. It would be a low point in Kurdish history to have the tenure of two Kurdish finance ministers ending on a no-confidence vote in Iraq (the first one being Hoshyar Zebari).

 

In formal meetings, Baghdad has said that Kurdistan Region’s political future is oriented towards Baghdad. They have sensed that Erbil-Baghdad relations are improving, and that Erbil wants to have as few issues possible with Baghdad.

 

The hot topic in Baghdad is the handover of 250,000 barrels of oil per day to Iraq, as accepted by Kurdistan Region and stipulated in 2019 budget law - but the problem is that there could be demands for the increase of this amount.

 

A circulating rumor is that some Kurdish lawmakers once met with Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and talked about this amount of oil. The Iraqi Oil Minister then joined the discussion, saying that 250,000 bpd is not enough and that Kurdistan Region should hand over more of the 650,000 bpd it produces. However, Abdul-Mahdi replied that the budget law stipulates that the Kurdistan Region should be allowed to pay its debts to companies, something it may be incapable of doing if it hands over more than 250,000 bpd.

 

Some people are not tolerating the decision and have already begun efforts to increase the 250,000 bpd, lobbying for its increase in 2020 budget law. Additionally, Abdul-Mahdi’s lenience and compromise towards Kurds may end in the face of pressure from other parties. 

 

Baghdad is not like Erbil because partisan agreements are not directly implemented and require lawmaker approval. There, agreements are turned into bills and taken to the parliament, but MPs may not do what their political parties tell them to do. When one lobbies with or tries to convince political leaders of parties to vote for a bill, they have to do the same with parliament and lawmakers. 

 

There is a great vulnerabilty in Baghdad for Kurds, who do not have an umbrella to gather under. PUK leader Jalal Talabani used to be in Baghdad as the President of Iraq. Everyone depended on him. He also had direct contact with Masoud Barzani, then President of Kurdistan Region. Sometimes, he made decisions on behalf of Barzani as his representative in Baghdad. However, now Kurds do not know who to deal with. 

 

Formal communication should be in place between the President of Iraq and President of Kurdistan - currently, between Barham Salih and Nechirvan Barzani. They can fully coordinate and agree on treating Salih as Nechirvan Barzani’s representative in Baghdad. Additionally, Masoud Barzani should also support such an agreement. I believe this arrangement will be approved of by other parties too.

 

Hiwa Jamal is a journalist and TV presenter at Rudaw Media Network.  The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rudaw.

Edited August 6, 2019 by 6ly410

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The World Bank Representative visits the headquarters of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks in Kurdistan

 

http://economy-news.net/content.php?id=17443 Economy News - Arbil The representative of the World Bank, the legal expert Ghar Al-Qastalani, who is responsible for the economic empowerment program for women in Iraq, visited the headquarters of the Association of Iraqi Private Banks in Erbil. She also attended the Supreme Council for Women's Affairs in Kurdistan and Omar Wadee, a member of the Board of Directors of Al Mahatta Foundation for Entrepreneurship. The two sides discussed ways of cooperation between the World Bank and the Association of Iraqi Private Banks to achieve the objectives of this program, which is to increase the percentage of women's labor force by 5 percentage points by 2024. Cooperation between the Association, the Government of the Territory and the World Bank will be carried out on the implementation of certain activities related to women's economic empowerment. Mr. Wadih Al-Hanalal stressed that one of the priorities of the Association's work with the strategic partner of the Central Bank of Iraq is to empower women through the Tamkeen Community Initiatives Fund, which is financed by private banks and exchange companies. He stressed the need for coordination between the team of the World Bank and the World Bank to conduct workshops and seminars and training courses aimed at creating employment opportunities and awareness of the public and private sectors. Mrs. Gharam praised the role of the Association and the main sponsor of the Central Bank of Iraq through initiatives and programs to serve the banking sector and the possibility of launching a facilitation initiative aimed at women and work on a joint partnership between the World Bank and the Association of Banks for future work.   Views: 128 Date Added: 06/08/2019

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Kurdish deputy: the government of the region to start quickly a comprehensive dialogue with Baghdad

Release Date:: 2019/8/6 23:22 • 50 read times

(Baghdad: Euphrates News) A deputy from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, the need for the Kurdistan Regional Government to agree with the federal government to address outstanding problems.

MP Shirwan Mirza, a member of the Finance Committee in a press statement that "some political parties and began to exploit the file of the oil dispute between the Kurdistan region and the federal government against Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi."
He added, "Since the Kurds need to Reyes ministers Adel Abdul Mahdi, who also needs the support of the Kurds, the Kurdistan Regional Government to start a comprehensive dialogue with the federal government and if possible to reach an appropriate agreement in the interest of all parties."
Mirza stressed, "must resolve the oil file between the Kurdistan region and the federal government quickly because the budget for 2020 will come to the House of Representatives in the tenth month of this year and Kurdish deputies must know on what basis will be dealt with the budget will be delivered to the federal government or not? ".is over

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Kurdistan Finance decided to stop the distribution of salaries of employees of the region until after Eid al-Adha

Economy | 12:29 - 07/08/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - The balance of News 
The Ministry of Finance in the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Wednesday, the province shut down the distribution of salaries to employees after the Eid al - Adha. 
A source at the ministry, told / Mawazine News, that "the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Kurdistan decided to stop the distribution of salaries to employees in the Kurdistan region until after the Eid al-Adha holiday, after the distribution of salaries of the Ministries of Health and Education, martyrs and Anfal." 
He attributed the reason to "the failure of the federal government to send the amounts allocated to the salaries of employees."

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Finance of Iraq: salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region after the end of the holiday

 Wednesday 07 August 2019 - 10:33 GMT

 

According to the network "Rudaw" media, that the Iraqi Ministry of Finance plans to send the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region after the end of the Eid al-Adha holiday.

 

World - Iraq

This comes at a time when the Director of the Erbil branch of the Central Bank of Iraq, that the central government is unable to pay the salaries of all employees before Eid.

Ahmed al-Saffar, the rapporteur of the Iraqi parliament's financial committee, told Rudaw that he had spoken to Finance Ministry officials who confirmed that the salaries of Kurdistan region employees could not be sent before Eid, because the process of sending and disbursing salaries would take several days to complete.

 

Saffar added that the Iraqi government will send salaries to the Kurdistan region in the same way that sent salaries last month.

For his part, the director of the Erbil branch of the Central Bank of Iraq, Abed Saleh, that "the central government is unable to pay the salaries of all employees before the feast."

Saleh explained that a number of ministries will receive salaries after the end of the holiday, as well as employees of the Kurdistan region.

Since the beginning of 2019, the central government will send on December 16 and 17 of each month 453 billion dinars as part of the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region, while the Ministry of Natural Resources in the region's government to ensure the other part of the salaries, amounting to 378 billion dinars.

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Will Q "object" to Baghdad .. After the establishment of a commercial office for Iraqi Kurdistan in "Kuwait" without its consent? !!

Wednesday 07 August 2019 at 12:29 (169 Views)

 

Baghdad / Sky Press

Iraqi political parties warned today of a new dispute between Baghdad and Erbil, due to the Kurdistan Region's intention to establish a commercial office in the State of Kuwait, without the knowledge and approval of the Iraqi federal government.

Mohammed al-Sayhoud, a leader in the State of Law coalition, led by Nuri al-Maliki in a press statement to Arab media that "such decisions, should not be taken by the Kurdistan region individually, but it must refer to the federal government, foreign policy is Baghdad's exclusive."

"All countries should not treat the region as a state, but should be treated as part of Iraq. These decisions are agreed between Baghdad and Kuwait, not between Kurdistan and Kuwait. This is unacceptable and may have negative consequences."

He called the leadership in the rule of law and the Iraqi Foreign Ministry that "have a position of the establishment of Kurdistan commercial office in Kuwait, this matter of its powers exclusively, it is the political representation of Iraq externally.

The Iraqi political analyst Mohammed al-Tamimi, said that "the decision of the Territory to establish a commercial office in Kuwait without the knowledge and approval of Baghdad, may generate a new dispute and conflict between Baghdad and Erbil, especially since there are dialogues and meetings to resolve previous differences."

He added, "Taking the Kurdistan region an important economic measure such, with the countries of the region and neighboring, may increase tensions between Baghdad and Erbil, and there may be political reactions that increase this tension."

A source familiar with the Iraqi Foreign Ministry, said, "The federal government has no knowledge of the intention of the Kurdistan region to establish a commercial office in the State of Kuwait, especially that such decisions must be with the consent of Baghdad exclusively."

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2019/08/07 21:00

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Sources: "procrastination" address agreed between the federal government and the region in the file share of Kurdistan oil

Baghdad / Obelisk: informed Kurdish sources revealed on Wednesday, August 7, 2019, the governments of the Center and the region to reach a final agreement on the delivery of oil to Baghdad in exchange for sending the share of Kurdistan from the budget, which is likely analysis that

Procrastination in the file is the basis of the base on which both Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, and the President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Mustafa Barzani, the de facto ruler of the region.

In order to perpetuate this procrastination and procrastination, especially since the region is benefiting from this because it continues to receive the money of imports, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government put forward several conditions, including the payment of full salaries of employees and salaries of 3 months of last year and peshmerga dues while the government delegation remained surprised and demanded to discuss the matter with the President Ministers Adel Abdul Mahdi when returning to Baghdad.

The sources added, "The Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers formed two negotiating committees with Baghdad, one of which concerns the oil file and the budget," likely, "the visit of a high delegation of the federal government after the Eid al-Adha holiday to complete the negotiations and reach a final agreement after Baghdad agreed to the conditions put forward by the regional government."

 

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Masroor Barzani, on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, to Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, the readiness of the Kurdistan Regional Government to resolve all outstanding issues.

 

As a member of the House of Representatives of the Alliance Sairam Salam al-Shammari, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, the government to resolve the issue of exporting the region's oil and related items, especially the salaries of its employees visit the Kurdish delegation today.

Al-Shammari said in a statement followed by obelisk, "The new government of the region to clarify its clear position to open a new page with the federal government to resolve the outstanding issues, especially oil imports and not continue to violate what was agreed upon previously."

He added that "the budget law is clear in this matter that the region delivers oil imports like the rest of the productive provinces and abstinence is a violation of the law and the Constitution, which provided for the distribution of wealth to all people equally from north to south.

Although the region has not delivered the approved oil quota in the budget, the federal government continues to provide Kurdistan not only salaries, but the Ministry of Commerce in the region, on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, has received more than 15 billion dinars from the Government of Baghdad as dues for the wheat crop, and the government does not seem interested in this Mahdi Overrun, as political analyst Kazem al-Haj says that the concessions made by the government in the issue of budget and non-accountability in the region's oil exports outside the constitutional contexts, are advantages obtained by the region in the era of Abdul Mahdi government, which explains the satisfaction of Kurdish forces on the current government policies The statement by KDP leader Masoud Barzani on April 3, 2019, that the presence of Abdul Mahdi at the head of the government in Baghdad, is "the final opportunity and should not be missed."

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The territorial government announces the holiday

Release date:: 2019/8/7 22:04 • 322 times read

The Kurdistan Regional Government announced the days covered by the Eid al-Adha holiday.

The government spokesman, Gutiar Adel, in a statement "congratulations to all Muslims of the Kurdistan region in particular and Muslims of Iraq and the world in general on the occasion of Eid al-Adha." 
Adel said that "on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, the Kurdistan Regional Government declares that the period from Sunday, August 11, 2019 until Thursday, August 15, 2019, an official holiday, and that Thursday is also one of the holidays."

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Kurdistan waiting for salaries - Archive

 

Will Baghdad cut the salaries of employees in Kurdistan?
2019-08-06

 

Member of the Parliament of the # Kurdistan Region # Idris_Shaaban , on Tuesday, there are no problems or # disagreements about sending funds allocated to the region and distributed to # employees .

Shaaban told " Solution Iraq " that «the delay in the past two months and the current distribution of salaries, due to technical reasons related to the Ministry of Finance # Federal, but there are no concerns about cutting the amounts allocated to salaries, and this was confirmed by the delegation of the Federal Government during his recent visit to the Kurdistan region ».

He added that «the Ministry of Finance and Economy, the Government of the Territory is announcing # direct distribution of salaries on the fifth or sixth of each month, but because of the failure to send funds by # Baghdad early, led to delays in the distribution of salaries».

He pointed out that «due to coincide this month with # Eid al-Adha , the provincial government will distribute to the ministries of # education and health and other ministries on Tuesday, and we are waiting for the arrival of funds from Baghdad, to include all institutions before the holiday, and if the amount does not arrive, the number of employees will be delayed Their salaries.

The MP for the #Union_Islamic_Kurdistan # Muthanna_Ameen, had earlier submitted a proposal to rid the salaries of # employees of the Kurdistan Region from political debates.

Amin, told the reporter " Solution Iraq ", that we "suggest that these committees check the lists of employees and confirm their tripartite names, and open # bank accounts for them, in order to receive their salaries and dues directly from banks, in order to get rid of the political debates in this matter."

The crisis of the budget of the region, the salaries of employees and the dues of the Peshmergabegan during the government of Nuri al-Maliki since the first month of 2014, where the provincial government was forced to adopt a system of saving the salaries of employees, especially after the attack of ISIS in the summer of 2014, and the crisis continued during the era of the government. # Haidar_Abadi .

However , the # Aovernmh_alaracah new headed # Adl_abd_amahdi , has taken some steps that will open the doors to a breakthrough relationship between the two sides and resolve problems, but some observers have gone to that depending on the extent of independence, which can be held by Abdul - Mahdi , in issuing decisions, lack of Submission to the influences of internal or external political actors who want to maintain the tension between the # federal government and the Kurdistan region.

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Measures to facilitate the return of displaced persons to the liberated areas of Kirkuk

Wednesday 07 August 2019 79

 

Kirkuk 

The Department of Displacement and Migration in Kirkuk has intensified its encouragement measures for the return of displaced people to their areas of origin by facilitating the mechanism of promoting their return transactions and including them with grants, humanitarian aid and food.

Director of the Department, Ammar Sabah, told Al-Sabah correspondent that the department is implementing its encouragement measures to return the displaced to their areas of origin in accordance with the central directives of the Ministry of Immigration and Displaced in order to urge the families who are still displaced to return to their liberated areas and restore services to them.

He explained that the procedures include the adoption of a mechanism to facilitate the promotion of return transactions by speeding up the response of the reviewers after checking the approval of the relevant departments to approve the return of intelligence, national security and intelligence, as well as sending a list of the names of families that have finished the promotion of their transactions to the Ministry of Immigration in the form of payments and considered returning to Kirkuk province to be Included are 15,000 returnee families.

Sabah pointed to the inclusion of a thousand families of them in the first installment of the grant for returnees amounting to one million and 250 thousand dinars for each family has been the process of distribution among them by smart card outlets after the launch by the Ministry of Immigration, and there are other payments will come later.

He pointed out that 16 thousand families are currently promoting return transactions to their areas of residence in the governorates of Salah al-Din, Nineveh and Anbar to be covered by the said grant, noting that the Ministry of Immigration and within its procedures launched a campaign to distribute relief and humanitarian aid among returnees and displaced people, including those living in the camps currently numbering two thousand families, as well. The aid includes kitchen, food and humanitarian items.

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Is the risk of overthrowing the government of Abdul-Mahdi? .. Kurdistan parliamentarian answers

 

 

PolicyIraq , thegovernment of Abdul Mahdi ,droppingpolitical parties

 2019/08/08 04:51:24

 

A member of the Iraqi Council of Representatives of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc Dana Jaza on Thursday that political parties are still seeking to overthrow the current government headed by Adel Abdul Mahdi.

"Some political parties are working to topple the current Iraqi government because of the rapprochement between them and the Kurdistan region," Jaza told a news conference in Sulaimaniyah.

He added that "all Kurdish blocs have one position on paragraph (c) Article (10) in the budget for the dues of the Kurdistan region, a red line and do not allow prejudice."

He added that "there are no problems about this paragraph on the payment of salaries of employees and workers in the region and reassure citizens of Kurdistan that any official, whatever his position can not cancel this paragraph of the budget law."

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PARLIAMENTARY LAW WARNS OF "INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTIONS" THAT THREATEN NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH ARTICLE 140

 

Thursday, 8 August 2019 12:59 PM

Baghdad / National News Center

A member of the parliamentary legal committee from the National Approach Bloc Hussein al-Oqabi, on Thursday, that the implementation of Article 140 will allow regional and international intervention, pointing out that the implementation of the article threatens national security in the country.

"We respect the decision of the Federal Court, but we are against the application of Article 140 because it causes great problems.

He added that "the people of those areas and their representatives participate in the local administration in all provinces, whether in Nineveh or Kirkuk, Salah al-Din and Diyala."

He pointed out that "opening the door to the implementation of Article 140 will open problems greater than the size of the Iraqi state and may allow regional and international interventions in the Iraqi affairs."

He concluded by saying that "the implementation of Article 140 is a threat to the national security and social fabric of the Iraqi state."

The Federal Supreme Court issued a decision last month, confirming the survival of Article 140 on the disputed areas between the Center and the territorial government.

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The Kurdistan Minister of Planning instructs the formation of joint committees with the Association of Private Banks to suppor t training

 

Reconstruction and building Economy News  - Erbil The Regional Director of the Association of Banks in the Kurdistan Region conveyed the greetings and congratulations of Mr. Wadih Al-Handal, President of the Association, to His Excellency Mr. Dara Rashid, the new Minister of Planning in the Kurdistan Regional Government on the occasion of his new post, while the latter instructed the formation of joint committees with the Association to support the establishment of training courses and workshops. The Regional Director of the Association Mohammed Munther, who was accompanied by the External Relations Advisor of the Association Sherwan Anwar, and member of the Board of Directors of Al-Mahatta Foundation for Entrepreneurship Omar Wadih expressed his thanks and gratitude for the good reception received by the delegation of the Association by the Minister's Office . During the visit, they discussed ways of cooperation and coordination between the Association and the Ministry of Planning in the region in various magazines, especially in the field of training courses and the workshop and the formation of joint committees . The Regional Director of the Association briefed the activities and activities carried out by the Association which impressed the Minister, who in turn instructed the formation of joint committees to support these trends. Views: 399   Date Added: 08/08/2019

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After the Eid .. Erbil sends a high delegation to Baghdad to discuss the share of the region budget 2020

 10:25 - 09/08/2019

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=59592

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Iraqi government is working on the preparation of the draft fiscal budget for 2020, and is scheduled to visit a delegation from Erbil, the Iraqi capital Baghdad to discuss the share of the Kurdistan region.
After the end of the Eid al-Adha holiday, a high-level delegation will head to Baghdad to reach a final agreement on the oil file and financial dues for the region.
The Deputy Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Parliament of Kurdistan, Hvidar Ahmed that "the Kurdistan region has three demands from the Iraqi government and is ready to hand over his oil to ensure the salaries of the employees of the region, and put the share of the Kurdistan region within the sovereign budget of Iraq as well as the payment of financial dues to oil-producing companies in the Kurdistan Region Which is being handed over to Iraq. "
He pointed out that "it is expected that 2020 will be a year of economic strength."

 

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 A high delegation from the region visits Baghdad after the Eid .. and Kurdish conditions for the delivery of oil

Date of edit:: 2019/8/9 20:52 • 408 times read

http://alforatnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=206717

A high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government will visit Baghdad after the Eid al-Adha holiday.

"After the end of Eid al-Adha holiday, a high-level delegation will go to Baghdad to reach a final agreement on the oil file and the financial dues of the region," said Hifidar Ahmed, deputy chairman of the Kurdistan Finance Committee.
He explained, "The Kurdistan region has three demands from the federal government and is ready to hand over its oil by ensuring the salaries of employees of the region, and put the share of the Kurdistan region within the sovereign budget of Iraq, in addition to the payment of financial dues to oil-producing companies in the Kurdistan region, which is delivered to Iraq."
"2020 is expected to be an economically strong year," he said.
The Ministry of Finance Committee did not address the articles on the Kurdistan region, amid anticipation of an agreement, with increasing pressure on Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi.
Mohammed al-Baldawi, a member of the government program monitoring committee, said, "The committees that are currently formed have started their work very well in order to find a way out of the current differences. I think we need a national settlement today, especially with the positive aspirations of the new government of the Kurdistan region, which welcomed the initiatives very well It had an excellent response to calls from the central government. "
The Iraqi government must complete the preparation of the draft budget law and submit it to parliament, before October, and the Ministry of Finance has formed since May a committee to prepare the draft for the next three years with the membership of three members of parliament.

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A high delegation from the region visits Baghdad after the Eid .. and Kurdish conditions for the delivery of oil

Date of edit:: 2019/8/9 21:41 • 118 times read

http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=83105

 

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A deputy in the Parliament of the Kurdistan region that a high-level delegation of the regional government will visit the capital Baghdad after the Eid al-Adha holiday.
"After the end of Eid al-Adha holiday, a high-level delegation will go to Baghdad to reach a final agreement on the oil file and the financial dues of the region," said Hifidar Ahmed, deputy chairman of the Kurdistan Finance Committee.
He explained, "The Kurdistan region has three demands from the federal government and is ready to hand over its oil by ensuring the salaries of employees of the region, and put the share of the Kurdistan region within the sovereign budget of Iraq, in addition to the payment of financial dues to oil-producing companies in the Kurdistan region, which is delivered to Iraq."
"2020 is expected to be an economically strong year," he said.
The Ministry of Finance Committee did not address the articles on the Kurdistan region, amid anticipation of an agreement, with increasing pressure on Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi.
Mohammed al-Baldawi, a member of the government program monitoring committee, said, "The committees that are currently formed have started their work very well in order to find a way out of the current differences. I think we need a national settlement today, especially with the positive aspirations of the new government of the Kurdistan region, which welcomed the initiatives very well It had an excellent response to calls from the central government. "
The Iraqi government must finish preparing the draft budget law and hand it over to parliament before October. The Ministry of Finance has formed a committee to prepare the draft for the next three years with three members of parliament.

A deputy in the Parliament of the Kurdistan region that a high-level delegation of the regional government will visit the capital Baghdad after the Eid al-Adha holiday.
"After the end of Eid al-Adha holiday, a high-level delegation will go to Baghdad to reach a final agreement on the oil file and the financial dues of the region," said Hifidar Ahmed, deputy chairman of the Kurdistan Finance Committee.
He explained, "The Kurdistan region has three demands from the federal government and is ready to hand over its oil by ensuring the salaries of employees of the region, and put the share of the Kurdistan region within the sovereign budget of Iraq, in addition to the payment of financial dues to oil-producing companies in the Kurdistan region, which is delivered to Iraq."
"2020 is expected to be an economically strong year," he said.
The Ministry of Finance Committee did not address the articles on the Kurdistan region, amid anticipation of an agreement, with increasing pressure on Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi.
Mohammed al-Baldawi, a member of the government program monitoring committee, said, "The committees that are currently formed have started their work very well in order to find a way out of the current differences. I think we need a national settlement today, especially with the positive aspirations of the new government of the Kurdistan region, which welcomed the initiatives very well It had an excellent response to calls from the central government. "
The Iraqi government must finish preparing the draft budget law and hand it over to parliament before October. The Ministry of Finance has formed a committee to prepare the draft for the next three years with three members of parliament.

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Iraq's prime minister says he won't cut Kurdistan Region salaries because of oil

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Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi in an interview with local and international journalists. (Photo: Prime Minister's Press Office) 

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi stated that, despite ongoing disputes regarding regional oil production, Baghdad will continue to fund the salaries of public employees in the Kurdistan Region on time.

He made the comments in a group interview with members of the local and international press that was released by his media office on Friday night.   

This the second time Abdul Mahdi has said he would not cut off civil servants' salaries after calls from some Iraqi political parties urging him to reconsider the Kurdistan Region's budget share and an ongoing case before the supreme court as a result of the region's failure to deliver oil to the federal government as outlined in a previous agreement.

Ties between Erbil and Baghdad drastically spiraled following the Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum in September 2017 and remained fractured for months. Relations eventually began to improve, most noticeably after the formation of Abdul Mahdi's Iraqi government in late 2018.

Notable among the perennial disputes between the KRG and the Iraqi government crucial to the economies of both are the continued negotiations on oil and gas. The autonomous Kurdish government has exported its oil independently since 2013. Following the post-referendum fallout, the KRG agreed to send 250,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) to Baghdad in exchange for the payment of civil servants’ salaries and other budgetary disbursements. 

The Kurdish government has yet to implement the oil article.

Abdul Mahdi told the journalists present, "According to the 2019 budget bill, we will deduct 250,000 barrels per day worth of the Kurdistan Region's overall budget if they fail to deliver the oil, but not the salaries of Kurdish employees." 

"We will not cut off any Iraqi's source of income," he added.

In late July, officials from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) discussed the issue, among others, at a meeting in Erbil with a high-level delegation from Baghdad that included Iraqi's finance minister, oil minister, national security adviser, and Abdul Mahdi's chief of staff.

A joint statement released afterward read, “Both sides agreed to establish a practical mechanism to investigate the details of the hanging issues by forming a number of specialized technical committees from the relevant ministries.

The tasks these committees face, solving "all" Erbil–Baghdad disputes, including territories disputed by the two, is a daunting one. After agreement on the issues that have plagued all previous administrations would be reached, said a source familiar with the recent talks who spoke to Kurdistan 24, a deal between the federal and regional governments reflecting the recent "significant progress" could be inked.

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has previously stated his new administration’s aim to improve ties with Baghdad and employ dialogue to resolve longstanding disputes, saying, "The focus of my government will be how to build a stronger relationship and partnership with Baghdad."

 

Edited August 10, 2019 by 6ly410

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A high-level Kurdish delegation visits Baghdad after Eid to resolve the five most controversial issues

Policy

2019-08-10 | 06:41

 

 

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A high-level Kurdish delegation will visit Baghdad after Eid al-Adha, a political source said Saturday.

The source said that "it is scheduled to visit a high-level Kurdish delegation in Baghdadafter the Eid al-Adha holiday, to search for solutions to the contentious issues between the governments of Baghdad and the Kurdistan region ," noting that "the delegation will carry some proposals to resolve those differences."

 

He added that "the delegation will discuss with Baghdad five points of controversy, led by salaries of the region's employees, in addition to the region's share of the federal budget, oil funds exported from Kurdistan , as well as the deployment of Peshmerga forces in disputed areas, and the future of Kirkuk province ," pointing to " Erbil has a desire to resolve all these differences amicably. "

 

The source stressed that "the authorities of Kurdistan adheres to all the rights granted to the region in the Constitution, in addition to the provisions of agreements concluded with the political forces in Baghdad ."

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Five points of controversy in the post-Eid talks between Baghdad and Erbil

Political | 01:44 - 10/08/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 
political sources said on Saturday that the talks scheduled to be held by Baghdad and Erbil after Eid al-Adha include finding solutions on five points of controversy. 
The sources said, "The delegation will discuss with Baghdad five points of controversy, led by salaries of employees of the region, in addition to the region's share of the federal budget, and oil funds exported from Kurdistan, as well as the deployment of" Peshmerga "forces in disputed areas, and the future of Kirkuk province." "Erbil has a desire to resolve all these differences amicably," she said. 
She explained, "The Kurdistan authorities adhere to all the rights granted to the region in the Constitution, in addition to the provisions of agreements concluded with the political forces in Baghdad," explaining that "the delegation will make a number of proposals to resolve the differences, in search of the interests of the population of the region does not contradict the interests of their Iraqi citizens. ".
Revealed a member of the Parliament of the Kurdistan Region, Hvidar Ahmed, earlier, that the Kurdish delegation will go to Baghdad after the Eid, in order to reach a final agreement on the oil file and the share of the Kurdistan region of the budget, indicating that Erbil is ready to send oil money to Baghdad if the latter guaranteed the payment of salaries Employees of the Region

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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan reveals a new aspect in the upcoming Baghdad and Erbil talks

Political | 02:08 - 10/08/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazine News 
revealed the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, on Saturday, a new aspect in the talks in Baghdad and Erbil scheduled to take place after the visit of the Kurdish delegation to Baghdad after Eid al-Adha. 
Ibrahim al-Jaf, a member of the union, said that "Kurdish delegations visiting Baghdad do not necessarily have gone to resolve disputes resulting from abuses of the Kurdistan region as some rumors, but go to install Kurdish rights contained in the Constitution." 
The dry, that "every right received for the Kurdistan region in the Constitution, is a gain must be preserved through dialogue with Baghdad." 
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi acknowledged the existence of differences between Baghdad and Erbil, but stressed that his government will not deduct the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region, explaining during a meeting with a number of journalists in Baghdad, that the latter will deduct from the region's share of the budget, equivalent to the oil exported by the Kurds He hands over his money to the federal government

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The problems of Erbil and Baghdad are close to détente

After the Eid holiday .. Kurdish delegation discusses in Baghdad «controversial issues»
2019-08-10
 

A high-level Kurdish delegation will visit the Iraqi capital Baghdad after the Eid al-Adha holiday to look for solutions to controversial issues between the governments of Baghdad and the Kurdistan region , a newspaper reported on Saturday .

The newspaper quoted political sources as saying that «the delegation will carry some proposals, # parliamentarians believe that it requires a comprehensive national settlement # ».

Confirming that «the delegation will discuss with Baghdad five points of controversy, led by salaries of employees # region , in addition to the region's share of the federal budget, funds # oil exported from # Kurdistan , as well as the deployment of" Peshmerga "forces in disputed areas, and the future of the province Kirkuk .

She pointed to «there is a desire of # Erbil to resolve all these differences amicably».

The same sources pointed out that «Kurdistan authorities adhere to all the rights granted to the region in the # Constitution , in addition to the provisions of agreements concluded with the political forces in Baghdad».

She explained that «the delegation will make a number of proposals to resolve the differences, in search of the interest of # residents of the region in a way that does not conflict with the interests of their compatriots # Iraqis ».

The Prime Minister # Adel_Abdulmahdi has acknowledged the existence of differences between Baghdad and Erbil, but stressed that his government will not deduct the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region.

He explained during a meeting with a number of journalists in # Baghdad , that «the latter will deduct from the region's share of the # budget , equivalent to the export of # Kurds from oil and does not hand over money to the # federal government ».

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Kurdish deputy: the region refrained from paying oil to Sumo

11:00 - 10/08/2019

 

  

Information / Baghdad .. 
MP of the Kurdistan Islamic Group Ahmed Hama, Saturday, the possibility of concluding an agreement between Arbil and Baghdad on the sale of oil in the region in 2020, indicating that the regional government violated the current agreement and is in the process of negotiating with the federal government to resolve the crisis. 
Hama said in a statement to the information, that "negotiations between Erbil and Baghdad continue on resolving the crisis of salaries of Kurdistan employees and the sale of oil in the region outside the framework of the Federal Sumo company, but it has not reached a final agreement so far." 
He added that "the possibility of a similar agreement in the current year to sell oil and deliver salaries during 2020 is absolutely possible and the government of the region to seek a new formula of understanding that satisfies Baghdad." 
Hama explained that "the Kurdistan Regional Government is reneging on its obligations in oil sales agreements this year, which may cause it to be stopped at any moment."