Barzani to Baghdad to sign the agreement that Qubad Talabani's delegation concluded with Al-Ittihadiya

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After the arrival of the Kurdish delegation

The representative of the Kurdistan government in Baghdad explains the nature of the negotiations over the region’s share of the budget

2021.01.24 - 23:13

 

Baghdad - People  

A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government arrived in the capital, Baghdad, on Sunday evening, to hold discussions about the region's share in the federal budget.   

The delegation is headed by the Minister of Finance, and its members consist of the Minister of Planning, the Minister of Baghdad Affairs, and the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region.   

It is scheduled that the delegation of the region will meet with the Finance Committee of the Federal House of Representatives, to discuss the share of the Kurdistan region from the draft general budget law for 2021.   

Faris Issa, the representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Baghdad, said in an interview with the official TV of the party, which was followed by "People Kurd": "The delegation of the region will meet with the financial committee in the Iraqi parliament on the budget, with the aim of coordinating an agreement between the region and Baghdad on the draft 2021 budget.     

And Issa stated that "the financial committee represents the parliament, because every block has a representative, so if the region’s share passes from the financial committee in the parliament, there will be no internal problems."   

The visit of the region’s delegation to Baghdad coincides with the discussions of the Finance Committee on the articles related to the region’s share of the budget, which was set at 12.6 percent, in exchange for handing over 250 thousand barrels of oil revenues per day.   

Issa pointed out that "the postponement of the parliamentary elections in Iraq created a positive situation for the negotiations, as several parties opposing the region made statements before the postponement, but now after the vote is postponed, they will not make such statements."   

And, and that "discussing the region's share of the budget by the Parliamentary Finance Committee is the last task of the committee before Parliament votes on the project."   

For his part, a member of the Finance Committee, Jamal Cougar, told the official newspaper, and "People" followed him (January 24, 2021): "The Finance Committee continues its discussions on the draft budget bill, and it is likely that it will be put to the vote by the end of this week or early next week." .       

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Parliamentary Finance describes its meeting with the regional delegation as positive

 

money and business Economy News _ Baghdad Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Representative Shirwan Mirza, counted, on Monday, the committee’s meeting with the Kurdistan Regional Government’s delegation, to discuss the draft federal budget bill for 2021 as "positive."  Mirza said in a press interview, "The meeting was positive and discussed many issues related to the Kurdistan region’s share of the federal budget for 2021." He added, "The members of the Finance Committee directed some questions to the regional government delegation, which in turn confirmed that he would respond to these questions at the next meeting." Mirza indicated, "The meetings of the Kurdistan government delegation with the Finance Committee will continue Monday and tomorrow Tuesday to reach an agreement on the outstanding financial files between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government." A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government arrived in Baghdad yesterday evening to discuss the region's share of the federal budget for 2021.

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For the first time, including the dues of oil companies in the Kurdistan region’s budget

 

 

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Shafaq News / The Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Regional Government announced, on Sunday, that the region’s draft budget for the current year will include financial receivables for oil companies, extraction, export and sales disbursements for the Ministry of Natural Resources.

According to a statement by the Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Finance and Economy received by Shafaq News, according to the decision of the Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers, with the aim of preparing the drafting of the Kurdistan Region Budget Law in 2021 and within the framework of the Ministry of Finance and Economy plan in this regard, the Ministry will hold a number of meetings with all ministries . 

He added that the first of these meetings was a meeting with the Ministry of Natural Resources, as the meeting took place on Sunday morning at the Ministry of Finance and Economy office under the supervision of Minister Awat Sheikh Janab.

The statement clarified that the Kurdistan region’s budget will be a comprehensive budget, and all ministries and agencies will have revenues and expenditures, general loans and deficits within the framework of the draft budget, indicating that in this context, for the first time in the Kurdistan Region, the budget will include revenues and expenditures (financial dues for oil companies, extraction, export and sale of oil). At the Ministry of Natural Resources.

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The Financial Committee reveals what happened in its meeting with the Kurdish delegation

Political| 03:51 - 01/25/2021

 

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
The Finance Committee revealed, on Monday, what happened in its meeting with the Kurdish delegation.
A member of the committee, Representative Shirwan Mirza, said, "The meeting was positive and discussed many issues related to the Kurdistan Region’s share of the federal budget for 2021."
He added, "The members of the Finance Committee directed some questions to the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation, which in turn confirmed that he would respond to these questions at the next meeting."
Mirza pointed out that "the meetings of the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation with the Finance Committee will continue Monday and tomorrow Tuesday to reach an agreement on the outstanding financial files between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government." Ended 29 / A 43

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A positive atmosphere prevails in Parliament's discussions with the Kurdish delegation regarding the region's share
 

January 25, 2021

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 A positive atmosphere prevails in Parliament's discussions with the Kurdish delegation regarding the region's share

Baghdad - Qusay Munther

Erbil - Farid Hassan

The meetings of the Parliamentary Finance Committee with the Kurdistan region, which is visiting Baghdad, to discuss the share of the Kurdistan region, a positive atmosphere prevailed after reaching a preliminary agreement aimed at stabilizing the rights of Kurdistan in the current year’s budget, while the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, expressed the region’s desire to reach a solution Constitutional with the federal government. A statement received by Al-Zaman yesterday said that (Barzani confirmed during his meeting with the diplomats of five Arab countries, namely the Palestinian consul Nazmi Al-Hazouri, the Kuwaiti consul Omar Al-Kandari, the Emirati consul Ahmed Al-Zahiri, the Egyptian consul Mohammed Wajih Al-Hijazi and the coordinator of the Jordanian consulate affairs Abdul Rahim Hassan, the desire of the regional government to reach A solution based on the principles of the Iraqi constitution with the federal government, through means of dialogue and peace). Earlier, Erbil reached an agreement with Baghdad regarding the region's allocations in the 2021 budget, which includes granting Kurdistan a 12 share. 67 percent of the budget for the region's delivery of 250,000 barrels per day of oil produced in its fields to Baghdad. While the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said that a decisive meeting will be held between the Kurdish delegation and the federal government to determine the share of a region from the current year’s budget. Al-Saffar confirmed that (the delegation’s meetings were preliminary and initial, as they arrived late, and there were some discussions and understandings regarding the region’s expenditures, and that we will resume discussions to determine the region’s share in the budget), indicating that (there are continuous meetings between the delegation and the government to discuss outstanding issues between the two sides). In turn, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Sherwan Mirza, confirmed that the regional government delegation, which arrived yesterday in Baghdad, met with members of the committee to discuss the files related to the budget. While the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said that a decisive meeting will be held between the Kurdish delegation and the federal government to determine the share of a region from the current year’s budget. Al-Saffar confirmed that (the delegation’s meetings were preliminary and initial, as they arrived late, and there were some discussions and understandings regarding the region’s expenditures, and that we will resume discussions to determine the region’s share in the budget), indicating that (there are continuous meetings between the delegation and the government to discuss outstanding issues between the two sides). In turn, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Sherwan Mirza, confirmed that the regional government delegation, which arrived yesterday in Baghdad, met with members of the committee to discuss the files related to the budget. While the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said that a decisive meeting will be held between the Kurdish delegation and the federal government to determine the share of a region from the current year’s budget. Al-Saffar confirmed that (the delegation’s meetings were preliminary and initial, as they arrived late, and there were some discussions and understandings regarding the region’s expenditures, and that we will resume discussions to determine the region’s share in the budget), indicating that (there are continuous meetings between the delegation and the government to discuss outstanding issues between the two sides). In turn, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Sherwan Mirza, confirmed that the regional government delegation, which arrived yesterday in Baghdad, met with members of the committee to discuss the files related to the budget. Al-Saffar confirmed that (the delegation’s meetings were preliminary and initial, as they arrived late, and there were some discussions and understandings regarding the region’s expenditures, and that we will resume discussions to determine the region’s share in the budget), indicating that (there are continuous meetings between the delegation and the government to discuss outstanding issues between the two sides). In turn, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Sherwan Mirza, confirmed that the regional government delegation, which arrived yesterday in Baghdad, met with members of the committee to discuss the files related to the budget. Al-Saffar confirmed that (the delegation’s meetings were preliminary and initial, as they arrived late, and there were some discussions and understandings regarding the region’s expenditures, and that we will resume discussions to determine the region’s share in the budget), indicating that (there are continuous meetings between the delegation and the government to discuss outstanding issues between the two sides). In turn, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Sherwan Mirza, confirmed that the regional government delegation, which arrived yesterday in Baghdad, met with members of the committee to discuss the files related to the budget.

Mirza said that "a positive atmosphere prevailed in the meeting that took place between the committee and the regional delegation, as the committee members asked a group of questions related to the sections of spending and financial revenues for the regional government, the number of employees and the sections of disbursement in the prescribed share of the budget), stressing that (the meetings between the two sides will continue for an additional two days." To answer other inquiries that may be raised by the committee), Mirza explained that (the regional government is responding effectively to the course of the meetings in Baghdad, in order to try to persuade the members of the committee to vote on the share, since the budget and the region’s share went out of the government’s hands and became in the hands of the parliament and thus the most important thing. Erbil has to convince the committee and then the heads of parliamentary blocs). In a later development, the deputy head of the provincial government, Qubad Talabani, went to Baghdad to hold talks on the budget.

"Talabani went to Baghdad to participate in the ongoing discussions in order to confirm the agreement concluded during the past year between Baghdad and Erbil to determine the region’s share in the draft budget law," said Samir Hawrami, the spokesman for his name. The delegation arrived in Baghdad, in order to go through a new round related to the 2021 budget. The source said that (a high-ranking delegation from the regional government arrived in Baghdad for a new round of discussions in order to secure the region's share in the financial budget before its approval in Parliament), stressing that (the delegation includes Finance Ministers Awat Sheikh Janab and Planning Department Rashid and the region Khaled Shawani, and the head of the Diwan Provincial Council of Ministers Omid Sabah).

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The first hours of the negotiation round

"Baghdad's numbers are not correct" .. Shawani reveals the "real numbers" of Kurdistan Region employees

2021.01.25 - 19:34

 

Baghdad - People  

The Minister of the Kurdistan Region for Federal Government Affairs, Khaled Shawani, revealed, on Monday, the real numbers of the number of the region's employees, pointing out that the formation of a committee of financial oversight solves the problem of obligations between the center and the region.  

  

  

  

Shwani said during his hosting of the "Game of Chairs" program presented by colleague "Khitam Al-Gharawi" and followed by "People" (January 25, 2021), that "the delegation of the region discussed in Baghdad with the Finance Committee and a number of officials the draft budget law," indicating that "our conversations On the budget, it will have two aspects, one political and the other technical. "  

He added that "some officials in Baghdad have observations and questions that they requested clarification regarding the revenues collected in the region, and the size of expenditures," denying that "the number of Kurdistan Region employees is one million and 230 thousand employees, according to what is rumored."  

Shwani explained that "the number of civilian and military personnel in the Kurdistan Region does not exceed 750 thousand, while the remaining number is for the salaries of retirees, social care and families of martyrs," noting that "12% of the region's population receive salaries and subsidies."  

Shwani stressed that "the number of Kurdistan region’s employees does not exceed 10% of the number of Iraqi employees," noting that "the region exports 430,000 barrels of oil per day as an average, according to SOMO, and whoever talks about more than that must provide evidence."  

He pointed out that "the Kurdistan region produces 450 thousand barrels of oil per day, of which an average of 425 thousand is exported and 25 thousand are consumed."  

Shwani indicated that "forming a committee of financial oversight solves the problem of obligations between the center and the region," noting that "some differences between the center and the region are raised for electoral reasons."  

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Talabani is heading to Baghdad to install the budget agreement

 

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Shafaq News / The Vice President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, went to the federal capital, Baghdad, today, Monday, as the head of the Kurdish negotiating delegation.  

 

Talabani’s spokesman, Samir Hawrami, told Shafaq News that Talabani went to Baghdad today to install the agreement concluded at the end of 2020 between the governments of Iraq and the region and to determine the region’s share in the draft budget law for 2021.

 

A high-ranking delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government arrived yesterday, Sunday, to the capital, Baghdad, to engage in a new round of talks in order to secure the region's share in the federal financial budget for 2021.

 

The delegation included: Minister of Finance Awat Sheikh Janab, Minister of Planning Dara Rashid, Minister of the Region Khaled Shawani, and Chief of the Cabinet of the Provincial Council of Ministers, Omid Sabah.

 

The Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives has been conducting, for more than two weeks, a series of meetings in the parliament building with the aim of collecting observations and making the necessary amendments to the draft budget law.

 

Parliamentarians and politicians say that the budget needs political consensus, so a political delegation from the region will visit Baghdad later this week with the aim of reaching an agreement with the blocs not to block the passage of Kurdistan’s share in the budget.

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The end of the parliamentary finance meeting and the region’s delegation

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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee with the delegation of the Kurdistan region, headed by Qubad Talabani, ended about the region's share in the draft federal budget bill for 2021.

Talabani arrived in the capital, Baghdad, Monday evening, while he is scheduled to start holding a series of meetings within the framework of the visit.
According to Article 11 - First, the draft budget law stipulates that the dues should be settled between the federal government and the Kurdistan region for the years 2004 through 2020, after the Federal Office of Financial Supervision, in coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Office of Financial Supervision, audited them. 
Also, starting from the year 2021, the Federal Ministry of Finance will download the debt installments owed by the Kurdistan Region granted to it by the Iraqi Commercial Bank and schedule it over ten years.
Article (11-second) of the draft law obliges the Kurdistan Regional Government to deliver 250 thousand barrels of crude oil per day of crude oil produced from its fields, and to hand over oil and non-oil revenues to the state treasury exclusively.
The draft budget law obliges the Kurdistan region to pay the salaries of the Peshmerga for the year 2021 out of the allocations allocated within the budget of the region for the mentioned year and against the calculation of compensation for employees.
According to the tables attached to the draft budget, the expenditures of the Kurdistan Region were estimated at 13.9 trillion dinars, in addition to 923.4 billion dinars within the sovereign expenditures.
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Parliamentary Finance reveals the results of its meeting with the region’s delegation: We will not vote on such texts

•  Time: 01/26/2021 00:30:43
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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The Parliamentary Finance Committee revealed the results of its meeting with the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation.

The committee's rapporteur, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said in a press statement that "the regional government agreed to display all data and disclosures related to the oil file and other revenues."
He added, "It is likely that a final agreement will be reached at the next meeting after the federal government is informed of all data on export operations, customs files and border crossings in the region."
The Parliamentary Finance Committee also decided not to vote on any text in the 2021 budget that contravenes the provisions of the Financial Management Law.
The meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee ended Monday evening with the delegation of the Kurdistan region headed by Qubad Talabani about the region’s share in the draft federal budget law for 2021.
Talabani had arrived in the capital Baghdad on Monday evening, while it was scheduled to start holding a series of meetings within the framework of the visit.
According to Article 11 - First, the draft budget law stipulates that the dues should be settled between the federal government and the Kurdistan region for the years 2004 through 2020, after the Federal Office of Financial Supervision, in coordination with the Kurdistan Regional Office of Financial Supervision, audited them. 
Also, starting from the year 2021, the Federal Ministry of Finance will download the debt installments owed by the Kurdistan Region granted to it by the Iraqi Commercial Bank and schedule it over ten years.
Article (11-second) of the draft law obliges the Kurdistan Regional Government to deliver 250 thousand barrels of crude oil per day of crude oil produced from its fields, and to hand over oil and non-oil revenues to the state treasury exclusively.
The draft budget law obliges the Kurdistan region to pay the salaries of the Peshmerga for the year 2021 out of the allocations allocated within the budget of the region for the aforementioned year and towards the calculation of compensation for employees.
According to the tables attached to the draft budget, the expenditures of the Kurdistan Region were estimated at 13.9 trillion dinars, in addition to 923.4 billion dinars within the sovereign expenditures.
Ammar Al-Masoudi

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A Kurdish leader announces that "very excellent" understandings have been reached between Baghdad and Erbil

 

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The leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Ghayath Al-Surji, confirmed today, Tuesday, that they have reached understandings with Baghdad, describing them as "very excellent and satisfying both parties, while noting that today's meeting was very long."

 

"The meeting of the Kurdish delegation today with officials with Baghdad continues, and it is the longest in terms of discussions, as it started from this morning until now," Surji said in a statement to "Tigris" .

 

"The two parties have reached very positive and excellent understandings, which will be announced upon completion of the meetings between the Finance Committee and the Kurdish delegation," he added .

 

Al-Surji pointed out that "until now, the quantities of oil that will be delivered from the region to Baghdad have not been determined, while the delegation presented a very transparent budget regarding the sale of oil and its expenses and the oil companies operating in the region, as well as the number of employees and their monthly salaries and border crossings in the region . "

 

He explained that "officials in Baghdad welcomed the Kurdish proposals and those agreements," noting that "everyone agreed that any agreement would be supported in the interest of the Iraqi people."

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Talabani’s spokesman explains what happened in the meeting of the region’s delegation with the Parliament

•  Time: 01/26/2021 11:09:50
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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) A spokesman for the head of the Kurdistan region’s delegation, Qubad Talabani, explained what happened during the delegation’s talks in Baghdad with the Parliamentary Finance Committee.

The regional government delegation headed by the Vice President of the Kurdistan government, Qubad Talabani, held its first meeting with the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives yesterday to discuss the draft federal budget bill for 2021.
In a press statement, Samir Hawrami said, "The meeting discussed the exact volume of imports and expenses."
He added, "The delegation of the Kurdistan region provided all the information and documents related to the Kurdistan region and to the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives," noting that "the meetings of the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation will continue to confirm the agreement concluded between the regional government and the federal government in the last month of last year in the federal budget." For the year 2021. "
It is noteworthy that the reporter of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Ahmed Al-Saffar, said yesterday, after the end of the committee's meeting with the region’s delegation, in a press statement, that "the regional government agreed to display all data and disclosures related to the oil file and other revenues" likely "to reach a final agreement at the next meeting after reviewing The federal government shall provide all data on export operations, customs files and border crossings in the region.
Talabani arrived in the capital, Baghdad, on Monday evening, while he was scheduled to start holding a series of meetings as part of the visit.
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The Kurdistan delegation delivers the data of its employees, its oil production, and a member of Parliament's finance reveals the details of last night's meeting

 

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Baghdad Member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, MP Majida Al-Tamimi, revealed today, Tuesday (January 26, 2021), the most important thing that took place in her committee's meeting with the delegation of the Kurdistan region last night, regarding the discussion of articles (10) and (11) of the budget articles Federal for the year 2021. The media office of MP Al-Tamimi stated that, during her intervention in the meeting that took place last night, she emphasized transparency in providing data to the federal government because it is the basis for achieving justice in the distribution of financial resources to all governorates, which is confirmed by the Iraqi constitution, which states that Allocating a fair share of the revenues collected federally to the region and the governorates, and enough to carry out their duties and responsibilities, taking into consideration the percentage of the population in them. ”Al- Tamimi explained that“ the emergence of some differences is mainly due to the lack of accurate financial data and the will to solve problems. ” She emphasized during her intervention that "the region’s handing over of 250,000 barrels only (as stipulated in the paragraphs referred to in the budget) means handing over only 56% of its production to the federal government, with no other revenues being handed over and in this regard Al-Tamimi mentioned if this is the case. Thus, this means that all producing provinces must hand over the same percentage while not handing over other revenues. " Al-Tamimi stressed "the necessity of a comprehensive consideration of the problem, and it is not permissible to treat certain governorates with a mechanism that differs from the others. All are equal and what applies to one side applies to other parties." Al-Tamimi stated that "the meetings are continuing and the Finance Committee has received detailed data from the delegation, and this is a positive development that contributes to solving the outstanding problems between the center and the region." On Sunday (January 24, 2021), a high-ranking Kurdish delegation arrived in the capital, Baghdad, in order to embark on a new round related to the 2021 budget. An informed source told (Baghdad Today), "The delegation includes: Minister of Finance Awat Sheikh Janab and Minister Planning Dara Rashid, Minister of the Territory Khaled Shawani, and Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Region Omid Sabah.

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Representative source: The Kurdish delegation will meet with the Finance Committee tomorrow and hand over full details

12:22 - 01/26/2021

 

  

The information / Baghdad ..
A Kurdish source confirmed, on Tuesday, that the regional government delegation will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, with the Parliamentary Finance Committee, and deliver the full answers in all their details provided by the Finance Committee, indicating that the delegation adopted transparency in providing all the required information.
The source said that "the Finance Committee directed the delegation of the regional government headed by Qubad Talabani, a set of questions and inquiries for the purpose of informing them about the number of employees, previous amounts, and the real resources of the border crossings and others two days ago."
The source, who preferred not to be named, added, "The delegation has prepared the full answers and will present them tomorrow, Wednesday, at a meeting that includes the delegation and the Finance Committee in full transparency," stressing that "the Kurdish delegation has full powers in making final decisions."
A member of the Finance Committee, Representative Siham Shenoun, revealed to / the information / the paper of demands of the Finance Committee that it delivered to the delegation of the Kurdistan region. Ended / 25 AD

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Representative source: The Kurdish delegation will meet with the Finance Committee tomorrow and hand over full details

12:22 - 01/26/2021

 

  

The information / Baghdad ..
A Kurdish source confirmed, on Tuesday, that the regional government delegation will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, with the Parliamentary Finance Committee, and deliver the full answers in all their details provided by the Finance Committee, indicating that the delegation adopted transparency in providing all the required information.
The source said that "the Finance Committee directed the delegation of the regional government headed by Qubad Talabani, a set of questions and inquiries for the purpose of informing them about the number of employees, previous amounts, and the real resources of the border crossings and others two days ago."
The source, who preferred not to be named, added, "The delegation has prepared the full answers and will present them tomorrow, Wednesday, at a meeting that includes the delegation and the Finance Committee in full transparency," stressing that "the Kurdish delegation has full powers in making final decisions."
A member of the Finance Committee, Representative Siham Shenoun, revealed to / the information / the paper of demands of the Finance Committee that it delivered to the delegation of the Kurdistan region. Ended / 25 AD

 

That should help flush out all of the ghosts and triple earners on their payrolls? Nice to see that accountants taking charge over the thieving shysters.

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Positive news to share all information between the parties!  Thanks Yota!!

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Its time..... .lets do this Rock, Paper, Scissor deal winner gets to push the Button

 

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A leader in the democrat: the region’s delegation in Baghdad did not receive any assurances regarding the Kurdistan’s budget

•  Time: 01/26/2021 21:34:36
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{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Saeed Memo Zaini, revealed that the Kurdish negotiating delegation did not obtain any assurances from Baghdad regarding the region's share in the federal budget for 2021.

"There are unresolved problems between the center and the region about the budget, and more than once, Kurdish delegations visit Baghdad in order to solve the problem by negotiation," Zaini told Al-Furat News.
He added, "The initiatives of the Kurdish delegation in the Baghdad ministry come from the aspect of goodwill, and dealings should be reciprocated by counting Kurdistan as part of Iraq." 
"The region asked the center to come and verify all the oil resources, borders and ports, and there is nothing opaque in Kurdistan," Zaini said.
Regarding the Kurdish delegation coming to Baghdad regarding the region’s share in the federal budget for 2021, Zwini said, “The Kurdish delegation has not received any assurances until the moment regarding the region’s share in the budget.”
And that "the first winner from ending the controversy of the region’s share in the budget is Iraq and ensuring stability," calling on Baghdad to "secure the salaries of Kurdistan's employees as they are an integral part of the country."
The Deputy Prime Minister in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, arrived in the capital, Baghdad, Monday evening, and began holding a series of meetings within the framework of the visit.
The provincial government delegation headed by Talabani yesterday held his first meeting with the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives to discuss the draft federal budget bill for 2021.
The spokesman for the head of the Kurdistan region’s delegation, Qubad Talabani, explained what happened during the delegation’s talks in Baghdad with the Parliamentary Finance Committee.
 Samir Hawrami said in a press statement that, the meeting discussed the volume of imports and expenditures with precision, and that the delegation of the Kurdistan region provided all the information and documents related to the Kurdistan region and to the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives.
 He indicated that the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation’s meetings will continue to consolidate the agreement that was concluded between the regional government and the federal government in the last month of last year in the federal budget for 2021.
Wafa Al-Fatlawi

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The Presidency of the Council of Representatives meets with the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government

 

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Shafaq News / On Wednesday, the Presidency of the Iraqi Parliament held a meeting with the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation to discuss the region's share of the federal budget for 2021.

 

A parliamentary source told Shafaq News that both the Vice-Presidents of the Council, Hassan Al-Kaabi and Bashir Al-Haddad, and representatives of the committees and political forces within the House of Representatives met with the regional government delegation today and discussed the share of Kurdistan and its financial dues in the budget.

 

On Sunday, a high-ranking delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government arrived in the capital, Baghdad, to engage in a new round of talks in order to secure the region's share in the federal financial budget for 2021.

 

The delegation includes: Minister of Finance Awat Sheikh Janab, Minister of Planning Dara Rashid, Minister of the Region Khaled Shawani, and Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of the region, Omid Sabah.

 

Qubad Talabani, Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, joined the delegation on Monday, after making sure that it had made a full recovery from infection with the new Corona virus.

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Kurdish MP: Baghdad will compliment the Erbil government in the budget at the expense of the Kurdish people

 

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The MP, the Kurdistan Hope Alliance, Bahar Mahmoud, said today, Wednesday, that Baghdad will compliment the Erbil government in the budget at the expense of the Kurdish people, while noting that the Democratic Party is the only one controlling the oil file in the region.

 

Mahmoud said in a statement to "Dijla", that "four people are in control of the oil file in the Kurdistan region, and no party interferes in this file except the Kurdistan Democratic Party . "

 

She added that " the Kurdish oil file is not transparent and suspicions prevail," considering that "citizens and employees in the region have fallen victim to those policies and the complex discussions between Baghdad and Erbil . "

 

Mahmoud pointed out that "if Baghdad wants to solve the crisis, it will compliment some Kurdish parties at the expense of the citizen in the region," noting that "a comprehensive political agreement is the only way to end all differences . "

 

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Disclosure of new findings about the talks of the region’s delegation in Baghdad

11:06 - 01/27/2021

 

  

The information / Baghdad…
Vice President of the Kurdistan Parliament, Hayman Hawrami, revealed, on Wednesday, new findings about the regional government's delegation’s discussions with the federal government in the capital, Baghdad.

Hawrami said in a press conference, "The delegation, during its meeting with the Finance Committee, did not indicate many problems on the tenth article of the draft bill, but the dispute focused on Article 11 related to the delivery of oil."

He pointed out that "the Kurdistan region supports the draft budget bill that was sent by the federal government to the House of Representatives."

Hawrami pointed out that "there are attempts in the House of Representatives to make amendments to the draft law, so the region’s delegation went to Baghdad."

He stressed that "members of the regional government delegation announced yesterday that there is no longer any excuse for the federal government and the House of Representatives not to send the region's share of the budget."

He pointed out that "the region either delivers 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to the SOMO company or sends part of the revenues generated from selling the crude." End / 25

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The Kurdish delegation's talks in Baghdad ... Erbil made a pledge
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The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan al-Kaabi called, Wednesday (January 27, 2021), to keep conflicts and political differences away from the ongoing discussions on the draft fiscal budget for  2021, while  the Kurdistan Regional Government expressed its willingness to hand over Baghdad tables of the region’s oil and non-oil imports in order to reach a solution to all Differences between the two parties.

The media office of Al-Kaabi said in a statement received on the IQ NEWS website  , that the latter "received in his office today, in the presence of the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bashir Haddad, the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Qabad Talabani, where an expanded meeting was held to discuss the draft budget bill. "The Federal General Assembly for 2021 and discussing ways to find a common vision regarding the contentious points in the budget law."

He pointed to "the necessity of keeping the arena of conflict and political disagreement away from all ongoing discussions regarding the draft federal budget law 2021," adding that "members of Parliament are serious about the necessity of organizing the financial relationship between Baghdad and the Kurdistan region and finding radical solutions to remove the existing problems regarding the budget  ."

He stressed "the importance of continuing to hold sessions and consultations between the region’s delegation, the Parliamentary Finance Committee and the various political forces regarding the budget law, far from differences and in a way that guarantees its fair and equitable release for all the Iraqi people," stressing that "the budget affects the people's strength and we must be entrusted to ensure justice." Distribution of financial allocations to all cities of the country. "

In turn, the statement quoted Deputy Speaker of Parliament Bashir Haddad as saying, during the meeting, that “the presidency of the parliament with the concerned financial committee is determined to remove the technical problems and obstacles facing the federal budget law for 2021 and approve it as a realistic, fair and equitable budget that meets the needs of citizens in all governorates and the Kurdistan Region.” .

Haddad pointed out that the council was keen to reduce expenditures in proportion to the volume of imports to reduce the financial deficit within the budget .

For his part, the Kurdish delegation headed by Talabani expressed, according to the statement, "its complete keenness to provide the Iraqi Parliament and the Finance Committee with all financial data and details and accounting tables related to oil and non-oil imports for the region in a way that serves the interests of all spectrums of the Iraqi people and to reach a permanent and radical solution to all existing disputes."

It is noteworthy that a Kurdish delegation headed by Vice President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, held talks with the federal government over the past few days regarding the share of the Kurdistan region in the financial budget.

And Talabani announced on (December 22, 2020), reaching an agreement by the federal government in Baghdad regarding the region's share in the budget.

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Statistics and figures of the region on the table of Talabani, Al Kaabi and Al-Haddad
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After two meetings with the Parliament, Talabani discussed with the Presidency of Parliament the regional budget

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(Baghdad: Al Furat News) Vice President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Qubad Talabani, met today, Wednesday, at the Parliament building with the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Hassan Al Kaabi.

The deputy of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Hussein Narmo, said in a press statement that "Talabani met today with Al-Kaabi to discuss solving financial problems between Baghdad and Erbil, explaining that Talabani also met with the Parliamentary Finance Committee."

He added, "Talabani's continuous efforts to overcome the obstacles to reach an agreement on the dues of the Kurdistan region, expressing optimism that the two sides will reach good results."

The Finance Committee had held two meetings with the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government to discuss the draft federal budget bill for 2021 and the region’s share of it.

The members of the Finance Committee requested some information about oil and non-oil imports in the Kurdistan region, as the negotiating delegation presented all that information to the Finance Committee and responded to the committee members ’questions.

Members indicated that there are reciprocal proposals submitted by the Kurdistan Region delegation and the Finance Committee, and the situation is not negative but positive. "

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