Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

[yota691]

Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

 

 

 04/26/2020 07:53:35

[yota691]

The Kurdish delegation reveals political pressures aimed at undermining the existing understanding between Erbil and Baghdad

Political | 01:23 - 26/04/2020

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The delegation of the Kurdistan region confirmed to negotiate with the Iraqi government, on Sunday, the existence of political pressure exercised with the aim of thwarting the previously existing understanding between Erbil and Baghdad, while the deputy head of the regional government pointed to the continuing efforts to obtain rights and financial dues for the employees of the Kurdistan region.
The delegation presented, during its meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani, "the results of his visit to Baghdad and the financial situation in Iraq now," noting "a significant drop in oil revenues in Iraq and a large difference between the amount of revenue and spending."
The delegation stated that "this deficit in Baghdad has led to political pressure to thwart previous understandings between the region and Baghdad."
During the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region said, "The government's priority is to protect the safety of citizens and provide the salaries of employees, so we will do everything we can and continue our efforts to secure the lives of citizens and preserve their health," stressing "addressing and foiling all attempts to confiscate the rights and financial entitlements of citizens of the region Kurdistan "
Qubad Talabani pointed out" the need to stay in constant contact with the blocks of the Kurdistan Parliament and the Kurdish blocs in Baghdad and other blocs in the Iraqi parliament with the utmost transparency, "calling for" the latest information to be clearly presented to the people of Kurdistan. "
Qubad Talabani met today, Sunday, in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Erbil with members of the negotiating delegation for the Kurdistan region with the Iraqi government, to discuss the latest developments and the results of the recent visit of the delegation to Baghdad. Ended 29 / A 43

[yota691]

The Kurdish negotiating delegation: There are political pressures towards thwarting the understandings between Erbil and Baghdad

Editor's Date:: 4/26/2020 14:21 • 34 times read

[Erbil-Ain]
The delegation of the Kurdistan Region to negotiate with the Iraqi government, today, Sunday, (April 26, 2020), during its meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Qubad Talabani, that political pressure is being exerted with the aim of thwarting the previously existing understanding between Erbil and Baghdad, while the vice president indicated The government is continuing efforts to obtain financial rights and entitlements for employees of the Kurdistan Region.

Qubad Talabani met today, Sunday, in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Erbil with members of the negotiating delegation for the Kurdistan Region with the Iraqi government, to discuss the latest developments and the results of the recent visit of the delegation to Baghdad.

At the beginning of the meeting, the delegation presented the results of its visit to Baghdad and the financial situation in Iraq, pointing to "a significant decrease in oil revenues in Iraq and a large difference between the amount of revenue and spending."

The delegation stated that this deficit in Baghdad led to political pressure to thwart previous understandings between the region and Baghdad.

During the meeting, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region said that "the priority of the government is to protect the safety of citizens and provide the salaries of employees, so we will do everything we can and continue our efforts to secure the lives of citizens and maintain their health," stressing "

Qubad Talabani indicated the need to stay in constant contact with the blocks of the Kurdistan Parliament and the Kurdish blocs in Baghdad and other blocs in the Iraqi parliament with the utmost transparency, calling for the latest information to be clearly presented to the people of Kurdistan.

The negotiating delegation also met today with the Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament and parliamentary blocs.

And directed the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, on April 16 this year, to stop the disbursement of the financial amounts set as salaries for the Kurdistan Region and to recover the funds disbursed since January of this year, attributing this to the non-payment of revenues from the quantities of crude oil agreed upon with the Kurdistan Region.

And at the end of 2019, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Thamer Al-Ghadban, said that an agreement has been concluded with the government of Erbil, according to which the region will hand over its oil to the governmental (Sumo) company starting from the beginning of 2020, at 250,000 barrels per day out of the 450,000 currently produced, in exchange for understandings that allow the establishment of a share For the region in the country's budget.

Baghdad pays 453 billion dinars per month in salaries to employees of the Kurdistan Region, according to the 2019 budget law in effect so far as a result of the delay in approving the 2020 budget.

[yota691]

Kurdish Parliament: There is no relationship between stopping the payment of salaries to Kurdistan and the position of the Kurds from Abdul-Mahdi

Editing Date: 4/26/2020 15:02 • 28 times read

[Sulaymaniyah-Ain]
Deputy of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the Iraqi Parliament, Harim Kamal Agha, confirmed today, Sunday (April 26, 2020), that the Kurds did not abandon the resigned Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, denying that the Kurdish position of him behind the decision to stop the payment of salaries Kurdistan Region employees.

"The Kurds were supportive of the government of Abdul-Mahdi, head of the caretaker government," said Harim Kamal Agha, in a statement carried by the Kurdish Rudaw network.

He added that "Abdul-Mahdi asked himself for more than once to lift this duty on his shoulders, and the Kurds, like all other Iraqi parties, agreed to this," indicating that there is no link between this matter and the decision to stop the payment of salaries of Kurdistan Region employees.

The Kurdish MP indicated that "as a Kurd, we had a commitment to deliver 250 barrels of oil as recorded in the 2019 budget."

He explained that "the support of the Kurd to Mustafa Kadhimi, was in consultation between all the Kurdish parties."

Kamal Agha revealed, "The Kurds announced their support for Al-Kazemi after the Shiite consensus was formulated on it, and now, after some Shiite parties demanded to change the list of ministers in Al-Kazemi's ministerial formation, there is no clear position for the Kurds in this regard, although this will contribute to expediting the formation of the new government whose formation was delayed. Much".

And directed the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, on April 16 this year, to stop the disbursement of the financial amounts set as salaries for the Kurdistan Region and to recover the funds disbursed since January of this year, attributing this to the non-payment of revenues from the quantities of crude oil agreed upon with the Kurdistan Region.

And at the end of 2019, the Iraqi Oil Minister, Thamer Al-Ghadban, said that an agreement has been concluded with the government of Erbil, according to which the region will hand over its oil to the state company (Sumo) starting from the beginning of 2020, at 250,000 barrels per day out of the 450,000 currently produced, in exchange for understandings that allow a share For the region in the country's budget.

Baghdad pays 453 billion dinars per month in salaries to employees of the Kurdistan Region, according to the 2019 budget law in effect so far as a result of the delay in approving the 2020 budget.

[The Englishman]

Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

KurdistanKurdistanOilBaghdad

 

 2020/04/26 13:25:35

 

Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Government delegation negotiating with Baghdad revealed on Sunday a proposal to the federal government to hand over all the region's oil in exchange for paying the dues of the oil companies operating in the region.  

The Minister of Planning, Dara Rashid said in a press conference held after a meeting with the Presidency of the Region’s Parliament that our efforts are continuing with Baghdad to reach a complete solution regarding the region’s share of the budget.

We submitted a proposal to Baghdad to hand over the full Kurdistan oil in exchange for the federal government paying all the financial dues to the oil companies operating in the region, He added.

A delegation from the regional government visited on 19/4/2020 the federal capital Baghdad and held a series of negotiations on the share of Kurdistan in the budget in addition to forming the new Iraqi government headed by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

[yota691]

Iraq .. Erbil raises a memorandum to Baghdad to spend the Kurdistan region's share of the budget

Political | 04:29 - 26/04/2020

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Minister of Finance and Economy of the Iraqi Kurdistan government, Awat Sheikh Janab, announced today, Sunday, the submission of a memorandum to the President of the Federal Government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, to distribute the region's share of the budget.
Sheikh Janab said, in a press conference after a meeting with the Presidency of the Region’s Parliament, that "the decision to suspend the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees was issued on the 16th of this month, and the delegation of the region visited Baghdad on the 19th of the same month, and after several sensitive meetings we were able to reach a formula with The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to submit a note to the President of the Federal Government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, to launch the Kurdistan Region's share of the budget.
He added, "The memo reached Abdul-Mahdi and we hope during the next few days that we receive the response, and that it is positive", indicating that "the dialogues between Baghdad and Erbil were not limited to the budget and salaries only, but also included other areas, including agreement on joint production of electricity and raising natural gas production ".
It is noteworthy that the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers directed the Ministry of Finance on April 16th to suspend the disbursement of the sums of money as salaries to the Kurdistan Region and to recover the funds disbursed since January of this year.
The secretariat attributed the matter to "non-payment of revenues from the quantities of crude oil agreed upon with the Kurdistan region to the federal government in Baghdad." Ended / 29 / h

[tigergorzow]

1 hour ago, The Englishman said:

Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

KurdistanKurdistanOilBaghdad

 

 2020/04/26 13:25:35

 

Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Government delegation negotiating with Baghdad revealed on Sunday a proposal to the federal government to hand over all the region's oil in exchange for paying the dues of the oil companies operating in the region.  

The Minister of Planning, Dara Rashid said in a press conference held after a meeting with the Presidency of the Region’s Parliament that our efforts are continuing with Baghdad to reach a complete solution regarding the region’s share of the budget.

We submitted a proposal to Baghdad to hand over the full Kurdistan oil in exchange for the federal government paying all the financial dues to the oil companies operating in the region, He added.

A delegation from the regional government visited on 19/4/2020 the federal capital Baghdad and held a series of negotiations on the share of Kurdistan in the budget in addition to forming the new Iraqi government headed by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.

Englishmen Thanks,  Talk and no action from KRG...."Just Do It" and move on to giving purchasing power for the citizens.....GO RV & RI

[ronscarpa]

3 hours ago, yota691 said:

Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

 

 

3 hours ago, yota691 said:

The Kurdish negotiating delegation: There are political pressures towards thwarting the understandings between Erbil and Baghdad

 

2 hours ago, yota691 said:

Iraq .. Erbil raises a memorandum to Baghdad to spend the Kurdistan region's share of the budget

 

Thanks Yota ... another step forward..! 

[ronscarpa]

2 hours ago, The Englishman said:

Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

 Sunday a proposal to the federal government to hand over all the region's oil in exchange for paying the dues of the oil companies operating in the region.

 

Thanks for REPEATING the good article tigergorzow ... we are making progress..RON 

Edited April 26, 2020 by ronscarpa

[ronscarpa]

2 hours ago, The Englishman said:

Kurdistan delegation reveals a proposal to deliver the region's oil to Baghdad

Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Government delegation negotiating with Baghdad revealed on Sunday a proposal to the federal government to hand over all the region's oil in exchange for paying the dues of the oil companies operating in the region.  

 

 

Thanks for the good article ENGLISHMAN ... we are making progress..RON 

[Chill5805]

Funny how the Kurds are ready to give up the oil now that there is no value.

 

[6ly410]

Oil-for-budget war reignites between Erbil and Baghdad

1 hour ago

Lawk Ghafuri

https://www.rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/260420203

 

 

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Having spent a year shirking its end of the oil-for-budget agreement with Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has said it is ready to hand over its quota of 250,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil in exchange for its share of the Iraqi federal budget.

Dara Rashid, the KRG planning minister, told a press conference in Erbil on Sunday the Kurdistan Region is ready to deliver the oil quota to Iraq’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) in return for public finances.

“We are ready not only to hand over 250,000 barrels of oil per day to Baghdad, but also to hand over the entire KRG oil product. But in return, Baghdad must commit to sending all the financial shares of the Kurdistan Region and the entitlements of the oil companies operating in Kurdistan Region oilfields,” Rashid said.

His remarks follow an April 16 order from the office of Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi calling on the Iraqi finance ministry to halt budget transfers to the KRG and to take back all transfers made since January 1, 2020.  

The Iraqi oil ministry issued a letter to the government on October 2019 pointing out the KRG had yet to deliver the oil quota despite receiving funds. 

Control of oil revenues has long been a thorny issue between Erbil and Baghdad. The KRG has operated an independent oil and gas sector since 2006 and later began exporting its oil to the international market via a pipeline through Turkey. 

Years of tensions over the independent oil sales came to a head in 2014 when then-Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki suspended the Kurdistan Region’s share of the federal budget – leaving hundreds of thousands of public sector employees with unpaid salaries.

That same year, the Kurdish Peshmerga took control of security in the disputed territory of Kirkuk, allowing the KRG to also seize control of the province’s bountiful oilfields. 

When Iraqi forces retook the area in October 2017, the KRG lost around half of its oil revenues, compelling the government to suspend exports via Turkey for several months.

Erbil and Baghdad have continued to bicker over various versions of the oil-for-budget agreement, with the KRG receiving a share of the 2019 federal budget yet failing to hand over a single barrel of oil. 

In December, Baghdad agreed to send Erbil a 12.67 percent share of the federal budget in exchange for 250,000 bpd. 

However, with world oil prices falling to historic lows, the COVID-19 pandemic cutting international demand, and the KRG’s continued failure to uphold its end of the deal, Baghdad seems to have run out of patience. 

Awat Sheikh Janab, the KRG finance minister, told the same Erbil press conference on Sunday that Baghdad ordered the KRG budget cut on April 16, but that a KRG delegation had traveled to Baghdad to smooth things over. 

“On April 16, a decision was issued to cut the payment of KRG employees’ salaries,” Janab said. “On April 19 we went to Baghdad, and after holding many important and sensitive meetings with the Iraqi government we were able to reach a specific formula by sending a note from the General Secretariat to the Prime Minister to pay the salaries of KRG employees.”

The KRG delivered a memorandum to the office of PM Abdul-Mahdi on Thursday urging him to pay the salaries of KRG employees, according to Janab.

“However, Abdul-Mahdi still has not responded to our memorandum regarding KRG employees’ salaries, and we hope that his response will be positive,” Janab added.

Negotiations appear to be ongoing behind closed doors.

The dramatic drop in world oil prices was the result of a standoff between energy giants Russia and Saudi Arabia, who had flooded the market with cheap oil causing the price per barrel to drop to its lowest level in years.

Moscow and Riyadh reached a deal on April 12 to cut oil production by 9.7 million bpd – equivalent to 10 percent of the world’s daily supply – for May and June. Global demand will remain low, however, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic downturn it has sparked.

OPEC producers and allies agreed to continue the reduction until April next year. Iraq pledged to adhere to the agreement on Saturday.  

Erbil has also agreed to abide by the Iraqi government’s pledge to reduce oil production as part of the OPEC+ agreement to stabilize the struggling oil market. 

 

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by 6ly410

[6ly410]

Deputy Prime Minister Talabani meets with government delegation for federal budget affairs, urges continued efforts to secure region’s fair share

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) – Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani on Sunday met with the government’s delegation for federal budget affairs in Erbil, to discuss the latest developments concerning the region’s share of the budget.

The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that the priority of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is to protect the public from the coronavirus pandemic and ensure government employees receive their salaries on time. He said ongoing discussions with Baghdad on the region's share of the federal budget will continue.

In the meeting, the KRG delegation for federal budget affairs briefed the Deputy Prime Minister on the outcome of their recent visit to Baghdad, as well as the current economic conditions in Iraq.

They said Iraqi oil revenues have shrunk substantially, causing a financial deficit. The delegation also warned there is political pressure in Baghdad to ignore previous agreements between the KRG and the federal government on the budget due to the deficit.

Deputy Prime Minister Talabani said the KRG will neutralize political efforts aiming to compromise the Kurdistan Region’s financial entitlements.

He added that the KRG will contact different factions in the Kurdistan Regional Parliament and Kurdish parliamentary blocs in the Iraqi parliament, as well as other Iraqi parliamentary factions in Baghdad.

The Deputy Prime Minister said these economic challenges and financial difficulties should be explained to the people of Kurdistan in a transparent manner.

The delegation is due to meet with the speaker and blocs from the Kurdistan Region Parliament today.

Edited April 26, 2020 by 6ly410

[6ly410]

As Baghdad freezes budget transfers, KRG's cash crisis deepens, threatening ability to pay salaries

Chair of the the Kurdistan Parliament's Economic and Finance Committee in Muhammad Saadadin (File)

10 Hours ago

 

SULAIMANI — Chair of the Kurdistan Parliament's Economic and Finance Committee Muhammad Saadadin on Sunday (April 26) assured public sector workers that officials were working to resolve a major budget dispute with Baghdad, the effects of which could have a devastating impact on the finances of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and its ability to pay salaries.

The dispute stems from the KRG's failure to meet its obligations under the 2019 federal budget law by refusing to send 250,000 barrels of crude oil per day to Baghdad for export. Despite this, the federal government continued to send budget transfers to the KRG so that it can pay public sector salaries, as required by the law. Instead of sending the oil to Baghdad, Erbil sold the oil independently, in part to service its massive debt burden.

According to a document dated April 16 and signed by Secretary-General of the federal Council of Ministers Hameed al-Ghazi, those payments appear to have stopped, representing a significant escalation of the dispute and a sign that Baghdad's patience with Erbil's stalling tactics has run out.

Citing the KRG's failure to live up to its obligations under the law, the letter freezes money deposited by the federal government in an account in the Bank of Iraq in Erbil that would have gone to salary payments and authorizes an audit of the KRG's finances from 2004 to 2018.

Erbil and Baghdad have been negotiating over how to implement the 2019 budget since it passed fifteen months ago, with the latest meeting of that cycle scheduled for Sunday.

Over the winter, the two sides reached a preliminary budget agreement that would have seen oil transfers begin in January, but it was never implemented because of the Council of Representatives inability to pass a 2020 budget amid political, social, and coronavirus-related disruptions.

“There is a difference in the political decisions the federal government made previously and the document that the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers signed now,” Saadadin said, appearing to complain about the change in tactics by federal officials.

“The problem between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad is related to the mechanisms and policies in implementing the 2019 budget plan and there is a misunderstanding concerning the article related to the 250,000 barrels and the Kurdistan Region’s budget share,” he added.

By cutting off budget transfers to the KRG, the federal government action seriously compounds the looming financial squeeze caused by plummeting oil prices and threatens Erbil's ability to make payroll.

Saadadin, however, expressed optimism that the disagreement would be resolved soon and transfers would resume.

(NRT Digital Media)

Edited April 26, 2020 by 6ly410

[6ly410]

 

 

 

04/26/2020 21:40

 

The Erbil government swaps oil imports for salaries ... fearing a financial collapse in the region and a mass curse

https://almasalah.com/ar/news/191530/حكومة-أربيل-تقايض-واردات-النفط-بالرواتب-خشية-من-انهيار-مالي-بالاقليم-ونقمة-جماهيرية

 

Baghdad / Obelisk: The Minister of Planning in the Kurdistan region, Dara Rashid, announced on Sunday April 26, 2020, that his government is ready to hand over Baghdad 250 thousand barrels per day and the entire oil file, provided that the financial dues are paid to the region.

Rashid said in a press conference, we are ready not only to hand over 250 thousand barrels of oil to Baghdad, but also to hand over the entire oil file, but in return, Baghdad must commit to disbursing all the financial dues to the Kurdistan Region and the entitlements of the oil companies.

He added, that the Kurdistan Region informed Baghdad of this position during the negotiations to prepare the budget law 2020, late last year, pointing to clearly affirming the situation in the last visit of the negotiating delegation to Baghdad from April 19 to 21 during the meetings held with the President of the Republic and the head of the caretaker government And the Prime Minister-designate.

The Kurdish call comes after oil prices are at their lowest levels, so that the region's politicians anticipate the repercussions, with an open-ended proposal, and if the oil prices were high, they would not resort to this step, which they seek to prevent the curse of the region's residents against them because of a future financial crisis, of course.

The Iraqi Minister of Construction and Housing, two banks, Rikani, announced last Saturday that the funds that are now with the Iraqi government are sufficient only to pay the salaries of this month, indicating that the country will face a problem in providing sufficient revenues to pay salaries next month with the low oil price and the presence of the economic crisis.

Rikani said regarding a letter sent by the General Secretariat of the Iraqi Council of Ministers to the Ministry of Finance calling for stopping the payment of salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region that the request to cut salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region is illegal, although the Kurdistan Regional Government did not deliver the agreed quantity of oil to Baghdad, but the budget law provides However, even in the absence of delivery, the equivalent of these 250,000 barrels will be deducted from the share of the Kurdistan region, and this is what has been worked on until the end of 2019.

It is noteworthy that the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers issued, last Saturday, a book bearing directives issued by the Prime Minister to the Ministry of Finance to stop the disbursement of funds to the Kurdistan Region, while calling for the recovery of money disbursed in violation of the budget law and related to the salaries of the region’s employees as the region did not deliver oil imports to The federal government

Edited April 26, 2020 by 6ly410

[6ly410]

 

04/26/2020 13:30

 

The Kurdish delegation: pressure exerted to thwart previous understandings between Baghdad and Kurdistan

https://almasalah.com/ar/news/191514/الوفد-الكردي-ضغوط-تمارس-لإفشال-التفاهمات-السابقة-بين-بغداد-وكردستان

 

Baghdad / Obelisk: The Kurdish delegation negotiating with Baghdad, confirmed on Sunday April 26, 2020, that pressure is being exerted to thwart previous understandings between the governments of Baghdad and Kurdistan.

A statement received to the obelisk, issued by the office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, that he had met in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Erbil with members of the negotiating delegation for the Kurdistan region with the Iraqi government, to discuss the latest developments and the results of the recent visit of the delegation to Baghdad.

The statement added, that the delegation presented at the beginning of the meeting the results of his visit to Baghdad and the financial situation in Iraq currently, pointing to the decrease in oil revenues in Iraq by a large percentage, and the existence of a large difference between the amount of revenue and spending.

The delegation stated that this deficit in Baghdad led to political pressure to thwart previous understandings between the region and Baghdad.

The statement pointed out that Talabani said during the meeting, that the government's priority is to protect the safety of citizens and provide employee salaries, so we will do everything we can and continue our efforts to secure the lives of citizens and preserve their health, stressing to address and thwart all attempts to confiscate the rights and financial entitlements of citizens of the Kurdistan region.

Qubad Talabani pointed out the need to stay in constant contact with the blocks of the Kurdistan Parliament and the Kurdish blocs in Baghdad, and the other blocs in the Iraqi Parliament with the utmost transparency, calling for the latest information to be clearly presented to the people of Kurdistan

Edited April 26, 2020 by 6ly410

[6ly410]

 

Kurdistan region raises a memo to Abdul-Mahdi to release salaries

Policy

2020-04-26 | 08:11

 

https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/سياسة/343160/إقليم-كردستان-يرفع-مذكرة-لعبد-المهدي-لاطلاق-الروات

 

The Minister of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Regional Government Awat Sheikh Janab announced today, Sunday, that he submitted a memorandum to the "resigned" Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi to launch the region's share of the budget.

 

Sheikh Janab said in a press conference after a meeting with the Presidency of the Parliament of the region, and was reported by Kurdish media, that the decision to stop the salaries of the Kurdistan region was issued on 16/4/2020 and the Kurdistan delegation visited Baghdad on 19 of this month and after several sensitive meetings we were able to reach a formula With the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers to submit a memorandum to the President of the Federal Government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, to launch the Kurdistan Region’s share of the budget.

 

 

He explained that the memorandum had already arrived at the Abdul - Mahdi , and we hope in the next few days we receive your response and be positive. "


He said , " Our conversations were not limited to the budget and salaries only , but included other areas , including the agreement on the joint production of electricity and raise natural gas production. "

The The General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, and directed the Ministry of Finance, on April 16 this year, to stop the disbursement of the financial amounts set as salaries for the Kurdistan Region and to recover the funds disbursed since January of the current year, attributing this to the non-payment of revenues from the quantities of crude oil agreed upon with the Kurdistan region.

 

And at the end of 2019, the Minister of Oil, Thamer Al-Ghadban, said that an agreement has been concluded with the government of Erbil, according to which the region will hand over its oil to the state company (Sumo) starting from the beginning of 2020, at 250,000 barrels per day out of the 450,000 currently produced, in exchange for understandings that allow a share to be made to the region. In the country's budget.

Baghdad pays 453 billion dinars monthly in salaries to employees of the Kurdistan region, according to the 2019 budget law in effect so far as a result of the delay in approving the 2020 budge

Edited April 26, 2020 by 6ly410

[ronscarpa]

2 hours ago, 6ly410 said:

Oil-for-budget war reignites between Erbil and Baghdad

 

Thanks 6ly410 for this and the other 5 articles you posted.  I could only give you one thanks for this one, since I ran out of "responses". Have a blessed day...RON

[6ly410]

cheers let’s go RV 

[ChuckFinley]

1 hour ago, ronscarpa said:

 

Thanks 6ly410 for this and the other 5 articles you posted.  I could only give you one thanks for this one, since I ran out of "responses". Have a blessed day...RON

 

Got you covered Ron.

[aj1]

Sounds positive or the Kurds are becoming desperate🤷🏼.  Thanks for sharing!

[southbeach]

Both

[6ly410]

KRG DELEGATION TO MEET WITH KURDISH BLOC IN BAGHDAD TO DISCUSS BUDGET DISPUTE

 

1 Hours Ago

http://nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=20945&MapID=1

 

SULAIMANI — By the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s request, the Leaders of the Kurdish bloc in the Council of Representatives are set to meet the Kurdistan Region’s delegation to Baghdad on Monday (April 27) in Erbil to discuss the latest budget problems with the federal government.

In the meeting, the two sides are expected to discuss the salary of employees in the Kurdistan Region and the agreements the delegation made with the federal government concerning the budget and oil share that the Kurdistan Region is supposed to send to Baghdad.

The Kurdistan Region’s delegation in Sunday met with the political factions in the Kurdistan Parliament to discuss the agreements and KRG Minister of Planning Dara Rashid said that they are waiting for the response of the federal government to distribute the salaries for April.

(NRY Digital Media)

[yota691]

"Abdul-Mahdi" demands the "Finance" of Iraq to stop the payment of salaries of employees of the Kurdistan region

The head of the caretaker government in Iraq, Adel Abdul Mahdi - Archive

 April 25, 2020 10:57 PM

Direct: The resigned Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, issued a directive regarding funding the salaries of the Kurdistan region. 
The Iraqi News Agency (INA) published documents obtained, stating that "Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi directed that the ministries implement the Federal General Budget Law No. 1 of 2019 and the Federal Financial Management Law No. 2 of 2019, including downloading the sums resulting from the failure Funding ministries, regions, or governorates that are not organized in a region for oil and gas revenues and other annual funding.

The agency noted that Abdul-Mahdi’s directive also included SOMO’s assurance of Iraqi oil marketing that it had not delivered the agreed quantity in accordance with the Federal Budget Law, which SOMO confirmed to the Ministry of Finance monthly of the position not to deliver the region to oil quantities.

The documents were as follows: 

 

 

[6ly410]

BUDGET TRANSFER FREEZE IS ILLEGAL, AGAINST KURDISTAN REGION'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, SAYS KRG PRIME MINISTER BARZANI

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (File)

3 Hours ago 

http://www.nrttv.com/En/News.aspx?id=20954&MapID=1

 

SULAIMANI — Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Monday (April 27) that the federal government's move to freeze budget transfers to Erbil was illegal, adding that Baghdad was hurting public sector employees in order to put political pressure on the KRG.

“The federal government must not use the Kurdistan Region’s budget and financial issues as a political card and a punishment against the Region’s people,” said Barzani during a meeting with Special Representative for Iraq of the UN Secretary-General Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert.

“This is against the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan Region and its people,” he added.

On April 16, the federal Council of Ministers froze budget transfers to the KRG after patience ran out with Erbil’s failure to live up to its obligations under the 2019 federal budget law, in particular its refusal to send oil to Baghdad for export.

In response, the KRG has said that it will start transferring 250,000 barrels of oil per day, as required by the budget law. However, with the drop in the global price of oil, the offer is worth far less than it was just a few weeks ago.

“At the beginning of the ninth cabinet’s term, we visited Baghdad and expressed our sincere aims to solve problems according to the constitutional principles and we presented many recommendations to solve the outstanding problems,” Barzani said.

Referring to a deal reached between Baghdad and Erbil in December, the prime minister claimed that the KRG had showed good faith, but that “Baghdad officials were not ready to implement it.”

People with knowledge of the discussions told NRT Digital Media in January that oil transfers would not occur until the Council of Representatives passed a 2020 Budget Law, a process that was disrupted by the October protest movement, the resignation of Adil Abdul Mahdi’s government, and now the coronavirus outbreak.

(NRT Digital Media)