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Member of the Kurdistan Parliament: A comprehensive agreement will soon be reached between Baghdad and Erbil

 

Policy 2020/08/24 11:49 336 Editor: ta

Baghdad today - Kurdistan Today, Monday (August 24, 2020), a member of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, Sherzad Hassan, confirmed that Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement, stressing that what remains to declare it is the final touches, and then it will be implemented. Hassan said in an interview with (Baghdad Today) that "the agreement will be in effect until the end of 2020 and will be related to salaries and sending money in exchange for implementing the conditions of the federal government in terms of controlling border crossings and the rest of the files." He added that "other agreements on oil will be within the 2021 budget, which will be the prerogative of the Kurdish representatives in the government and parliament in order to obtain the rights of the region and install them in the budget law." He indicated that "a delegation from the regional government had intended to visit Baghdad, and the visit was postponed due to Al-Kazemi's travel to Washington, and it is most likely at the beginning of next week that the delegation will be in Baghdad to complete all files and sign a comprehensive agreement until the end of 2020." And the Minister of the Kurdistan Region for Negotiations with Baghdad, Khaled Shawani, announced on (August 16, 2020) that an agreement had been reached between Baghdad and Erbil, valid until the 2021 budget was approved, and included financial dues, outlets and a set of pending files. Shwani said in a statement, that after a series of visits by the delegation of the Kurdistan region, headed by Qubad Talabani, with the aim of obtaining financial dues for the Kurdistan region and the salaries of employees, and after a number of meetings, and changing the proposals and notes for 12 times, the agreement was announced between the two parties. He added, "The negotiations witnessed a lot of ebb and flow, and the process was difficult and complicated, and our efforts were seeking to secure the financial rights of the region’s employees and protect the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan region. The agreement will be in effect until the 2021 budget law is approved, starting a new phase of negotiations on the 2021 budget." He explained that the agreement includes sending 320 billion dinars per month to the Kurdistan region, and it deals with a set of other files such as monitoring, auditing, a mechanism for handling many financial and economic files, and a mechanism for dealing with the revenues of border crossings under the Federal Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019. An amount of 320 billion dinars sent from Baghdad to Erbil is scheduled to arrive today, Monday, according to an agreement reached by the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, in a phone call yesterday, to disburse the salaries of the Kurdistan Region employees.

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Baghdad / Al-Akhbariya:
The Parliamentary Finance Committee confirmed that the dialogues between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government will take place in two stages.
Committee member Shirwan Mirza said that the dialogues between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government will start soon and will be in two stages.
He added: The first stage will be about the last agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government, according to which the federal government sent an amount of 320 billion dinars to the Kurdistan region as allocations for employees' salaries, indicating that this agreement will continue until the federal budget law is enacted for the year 2021.
He explained: The second phase will be Dialogues about the draft federal budget law for 2021, as the federal government has now begun the stage of preparing the budget, and the share of the Kurdistan region must be deducted from the budget and its legal obligations, indicating the need to reach a comprehensive agreement that permanently ends the outstanding financial problems.
This was Amanj Rahim, Secretary of the Council of Ministers in the Kurdistan region, said: It is scheduled to begin meetings between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government during the next week to complete the previous meetings and work to reach a strong agreement regarding oil and financial obligations for the region to ensure rights and the region’s share of the federal budget within a draft law Budget for the next year 2021.
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Kurdish MP: Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement

Kurdish MP: Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement
Last updated: August 24, 2020 - 1:24 p.m.

Erbil / Iraq News Network - A member of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, Sherzad Hassan, confirmed today, Monday (August 24, 2020) that Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement, stressing that what remains to be announced is the final touches, and then it will be implemented. "The agreement will be in effect until the end of 2020 and will be related to salaries and sending money in exchange for implementing the conditions of the federal government in terms of controlling border crossings and the rest of the files." He added that "other agreements on oil will be within the 2021 budget, which will be the prerogative of the Kurdish representatives in the government and parliament in order to They obtain the rights of the region and confirm them in the budget law. ”He stated that“ a delegation from the regional government intended to visit Baghdad, and the visit was postponed due to Al-Kazemi’s travel to Washington, and that it is most likely at the beginning of next week that the delegation will be in Baghdad to complete all files and sign a comprehensive agreement until the end of 2020. ”The Minister of the Kurdistan Region for Negotiations with Baghdad, Khaled Shawani, announced on (August 16, 2020) that an agreement had been reached between Baghdad and Erbil that would be valid until the 2021 budget was approved, and included financial dues, outlets and a set of pending files. And Shwani said in a statement, that after a series of visits by a delegation The Kurdistan region, headed by Qubad Talabani, with the aim of obtaining financial dues for the Kurdistan region and the salaries of employees, and after a number of meetings, and changing proposals and notes for 12 times, the agreement was announced between the two parties. The financial rights of the region’s employees and the protection of the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan region. The agreement will be in effect until the 2021 budget law is approved, starting a new phase of negotiations on the 2021 budget.He explained that the agreement includes sending 320 billion dinars per month to the Kurdistan region, and it deals with a set of other files such as monitoring, auditing, the mechanism for handling many financial and economic files, and the mechanism for dealing with the revenues of border crossings under the Federal Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019. One billion dinars were sent from Baghdad to Erbil, today, Monday, according to an agreement reached by the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, in a phone call yesterday, to disburse the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees.

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1 hour ago, yota691 said:

Kurdish MP: Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement

Kurdish MP: Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement
Last updated: August 24, 2020 - 1:24 p.m.

Erbil / Iraq News Network - A member of the Kurdistan Regional Parliament, Sherzad Hassan, confirmed today, Monday (August 24, 2020) that Baghdad and Erbil have reached a comprehensive agreement, stressing that what remains to be announced is the final touches, and then it will be implemented. "The agreement will be in effect until the end of 2020 and will be related to salaries and sending money in exchange for implementing the conditions of the federal government in terms of controlling border crossings and the rest of the files." He added that "other agreements on oil will be within the 2021 budget, which will be the prerogative of the Kurdish representatives in the government and parliament in order to They obtain the rights of the region and confirm them in the budget law. ”He stated that“ a delegation from the regional government intended to visit Baghdad, and the visit was postponed due to Al-Kazemi’s travel to Washington, and that it is most likely at the beginning of next week that the delegation will be in Baghdad to complete all files and sign a comprehensive agreement until the end of 2020. ”The Minister of the Kurdistan Region for Negotiations with Baghdad, Khaled Shawani, announced on (August 16, 2020) that an agreement had been reached between Baghdad and Erbil that would be valid until the 2021 budget was approved, and included financial dues, outlets and a set of pending files. And Shwani said in a statement, that after a series of visits by a delegation The Kurdistan region, headed by Qubad Talabani, with the aim of obtaining financial dues for the Kurdistan region and the salaries of employees, and after a number of meetings, and changing proposals and notes for 12 times, the agreement was announced between the two parties. The financial rights of the region’s employees and the protection of the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan region. The agreement will be in effect until the 2021 budget law is approved, starting a new phase of negotiations on the 2021 budget.He explained that the agreement includes sending 320 billion dinars per month to the Kurdistan region, and it deals with a set of other files such as monitoring, auditing, the mechanism for handling many financial and economic files, and the mechanism for dealing with the revenues of border crossings under the Federal Financial Management Law No. 6 of 2019. One billion dinars were sent from Baghdad to Erbil, today, Monday, according to an agreement reached by the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, in a phone call yesterday, to disburse the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees.

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On 8/17/2020 at 10:21 PM, keylime said:

Thank you Wealthbound. You're not hijacking you're touching and agreeing! And I agree we need to start a prayer vigil topic and pray this thing through everyday. Let all who will come to God's throne of Grace and decree and declare this blessing until it comes to pass!

Love it!!!

 

Thanks Keylime you know how I feel . God Bless!

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22 minutes ago, new york kevin said:

So 2021 for the RV now?  Is that everyones guesstimate at this point ?

That is what my guess is now! Hopefully by March 15th 2021! That is my new window after the window closed in July 2020! I really hope I’m wrong, though! What I don’t understand is why nobody got to pin both President’s down when they were in the same room, asking the damn question of when they expect Iraq to be operating with their own currency! Simple question to ask, especially since there are a quite a few Americans that are invested in their currency! This one act could have a major impact on our US economy! But No! The fake news media is just to damn sorry!! They chose to pi$$ our President off with their stupid A$$ questions about Steve Bannon and the President’s taxes! Something 99% of the citizens of the USA could care less about!! It’s just down right sorry! Sorry for the rant! It just makes me sick to my stomach! All this Bull$hit going on! JMHO 🤮

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3 hours ago, Linda Bower said:

This doesn't seem to be the HCL, just an agreement for the budget.  When will they finally vote the HCL into law?

 

I'm reading it different.. My take on it is that they are finishing up the final touches to the Baghdad/Erbil agreement (which I believe to be the HCL) and will implement it immediately. After this year, the HCL will be included in the budget starting 2021. Sounds like the KRG wants the agreement to be permanent so it can't be removed as it was in the past. 

 

Thats my 2 cents. Don't hesitate to correct me, I'd like to know for sure.

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44 minutes ago, Inbedded HorseHead said:

Trump has to know an RV would stoke the US economy

Of course, this whole process since 2003 has been transpresidential.  It’s happening.  Every high ranking Democrat of course knows it too.  And that’s why I think all of them but especially the democrats, don’t mind spending money in a never seen before display.

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57 minutes ago, Longtimelurker said:

I looked for a few minutes and couldn't find it. Having said that, I remember thinking hmm, interesting he said September.. ill try more later.

I know Kim brought up September as a Month of a lot of changes.. Hopefully it means RV is in there as well.. but I don’t think he actually said the dinar would RV in September..but I am surely hoping it will. 

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4 hours ago, GregHi said:

I know Kim brought up September as a Month of a lot of changes.. Hopefully it means RV is in there as well.. but I don’t think he actually said the dinar would RV in September..but I am surely hoping it will. 


Hopium. 

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A statement from the Finance Ministry revealing details of the settlement of the outstanding issues with Kurdistan and the latest developments in the 2021 budget

 

Policy 2020/08/24 15:22 700 Editor: ta Baghdad today -

Baghdad Today, Monday, the Ministry of Finance issued a statement clarifying the outstanding matters with the Kurdistan region, confirming its commitment to its constitutional duties for economic and financial reform and public financial management. The ministry stated in a statement received (Baghdad Today), that it " affirms its commitment to its constitutional duties, economic and financial reform, and public financial management, including its obligations towards the Kurdistan Regional Government without the existence of the draft Federal Budget Law for the year / 2020. " She added, " When the government took over in the month of May / 2020, it was decided not to proceed immediately in drafting the budget for the year / 2020 until the stability of oil prices in the global markets for the purpose of knowing the most obvious revenues, and the ministry also had to compensate the revenues resulting from the collapse of oil prices and the decrease in demand for it. And Iraq's obligations under the OPEC Plus agreement . " The ministry continued, " The Coronavirus epidemic has led to the emergence of additional demands on state expenditures as well as very large additions to public salaries as a result of previous government commitments in the field of employment and employment, and the Ministry of Finance must also deal with the large number of new graduates who are waiting for jobs. From the state in light of the instability of oil prices on the global markets and the decline in revenues from it . " She added, "It took place during the month of May / 2020 that the government agreed to transfer (400) billion dinars to the Kurdistan Regional Government in case of emergency to meet the demands of the regional government employees who had not received their salaries for several months and this funding was subject to entering into discussions with the regional government to solve all The outstanding issues between the federal government and the regional government regarding oil and non-oil revenues . She emphasized, " The discussions have started in multiple rounds to reach a final agreement in light of the mutual obligations between the two sides and based on the agreement's basis, the Ministry of Finance has not made any financial transfers to the region since the April payment, and yet the financial conditions of the Kurdistan Regional Government have deteriorated and requests have been submitted again." To the Ministry of Finance to provide funding to the Kurdistan Regional Government in order to meet the expenses of the salaries of its employees A seven-point agreement (attached) was concluded between the State of the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of the regional government, which was concluded on 8/15/2020 on the basis of which the Ministry of Finance was invited to finance (320 (One billion dinars in August / 2020 to the region, and this amount is based mainly on the ministry’s estimates of the region’s share of federal expenditures, and from it the estimates of the Ministry of Finance about the region’s oil and non-oil imports . " "The Ministry of Finance considered that the aforementioned amount in light of the current circumstances and within the framework of the goodwill atmosphere that prevailed in the discussions between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, and based on the fact that the funding request submitted by the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, which includes the approval of the legal department therein, falls within the reasonable and will be modified later by increase or decrease." In the final calculation between the federal government and the regional government, and based on all that, the Ministry of Finance approved this request on 8/17/2020 and authorized the financing of an amount of (320) billion dinars to the Kurdistan Regional Government for the month of August / 2020 . The Ministry of Finance stressed, "the necessity to proceed with the dialogue to implement the attached interim agreement regarding customs and oil revenues, the region’s commitment to the (OPEC Plus) agreement and settlement of the debts of the Trade Bank of Iraq TBI, and this must be done within 30 days ." She explained that, " Therefore, the total funds made by the Ministry of Finance since the beginning of this year are (1,360) trillion dinars through the previous government and (720) billion dinars by the current government, with a total of (2.080) trillion dinars ." The ministry concluded its statement that it will present the draft budget law for the year / 2020 before the end of next September of this year, and the funds will be determined to the regional government. For the sums allocated to the region, and the Ministry of Finance will clarify the financial basis for the funds for the region’s government in the final budget of 2021 .

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MP Hoshyar Abdullah called on Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi to make the issue of canceling the deduction of 21 percent of the salaries of the employees of the Kurdistan region one of the points of negotiation with Erbil, based on the national and moral responsibility of Al-Kazemi towards the people in all regions of Iraq, including the region. Abdullah said in a statement today, that: “It is regrettable that the three presidents Barham Salih, Muhammad al-Halbousi and Mustafa al-Kazimi are fully aware of the injustice that has befallen the employees of the Kurdistan Region, represented by deducting 21% of their salaries that they receive every fifty days and not monthly, yet they did not utter a word. Against this legal violation, which is a violation of human values, what is the reason for their unjustified silence? And for how long will the citizen remain a victim of courtesies? He added:

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