A high-ranking Kurdish delegation visits Baghdad today regarding the oil and gas law

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56 minutes ago, stanleypower said:

Just curious why some are hung up on the first quarter? They’re legislating a, for them, historic piece that we’ve been waiting on as long as I’ve been in this, about 14 years. I haven’t seen anything about the first quarter being some kind of backstop for a potential increase in value. Maybe I’m wrong. Were the devaluations made in first quarter?

Personally I'm not hung up on a quarter. From what I was informed years ago is that they can add value anytime they want.  For me I just will take a break for a while. 

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37 minutes ago, 6ly410 said:

 

• A leader in the democracy: the visits of the regional delegation to Baghdad will be repeated. And that's why

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  • A leader in the democracy: the visits of the regional delegation to Baghdad will be repeated. And this is the reason for it - Al-Furat News (alforatnews.iq)
   

  

A leader in the Kurdistan Democratic Party announced that the visits of the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government to Baghdad will be repeated in the coming periods.

 

Wafa Mohammed Karim told Al-Furat News Agency that "the repeated visits between Kurdish delegations to meet the government in Baghdad because of the existence of agreements that need to be implemented 6 months from now, including the Oil and Gas Law and Article 140, so these visits will be repeated."
He attributed the frequency of these visits to "a change of position or an amendment to the terms of the agreements."
He pointed to "the formation of specialized committees from the center and the region to follow up on these files," stressing that "these visits will support system" rel="">support these agreements."
A delegation from the Kurdistan government arrived in Baghdad on Sunday for several meetings with government agencies in Baghdad to discuss issues related to oil, the budget, disputed areas and financial dues to the region.
The regional government announced that its delegation "agreed with the Federal Ministry of Oil to form a joint committee to prepare and write the oil and gas law."

Raghad Daham
 

You all have heard of the "Over the Hill Gang"?

Well this is the "Over and Over and Over the Hill Gang"!

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3 hours ago, Dretown39 said:

Personally I'm not hung up on a quarter. From what I was informed years ago is that they can add value anytime they want.  For me I just will take a break for a while. 

this is true...well they have always posted rates in april, any day of the week and they have done this for many many years. This is process and procedure.  The zeros can come off anytime....just saying😉😂

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Kurdish government delegation returns to Erbil after two-day visit in Baghdad

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 - 21-02-2023 01:01 PM - Views: 1539

Kurdish government delegation returns to Erbil after two-day visit in Baghdad | Politics | Dijlah Satellite Channel

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) negotiating delegation returned to Erbil after a two-day visit to Baghdad to resolve differences and outstanding issues between the two sides, KRG Cabinet Chief Omid Sabah announced on Tuesday.

Omid Sabah also noted in a statement today that the delegation met during the visit with the Federal Ministry of Oil on the Oil and Gas Law, as well as with the relevant parties on the budget law.

He added that during its visit, the delegation met with US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski.

On the other hand, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government met with the Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Atwan Al-Atwani.

"Our discussions will continue until we reach a solution to the outstanding issues, especially the oil and gas law and the draft budget law," the head of the region's cabinet said.

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17 minutes ago, 6ly410 said:

Kurdish government delegation returns to Erbil after two-day visit in Baghdad

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 - 21-02-2023 01:01 PM - Views: 1539

Kurdish government delegation returns to Erbil after two-day visit in Baghdad | Politics | Dijlah Satellite Channel

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) negotiating delegation returned to Erbil after a two-day visit to Baghdad to resolve differences and outstanding issues between the two sides, KRG Cabinet Chief Omid Sabah announced on Tuesday.

Omid Sabah also noted in a statement today that the delegation met during the visit with the Federal Ministry of Oil on the Oil and Gas Law, as well as with the relevant parties on the budget law.

He added that during its visit, the delegation met with US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski.

On the other hand, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government met with the Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Atwan Al-Atwani.

"Our discussions will continue until we reach a solution to the outstanding issues, especially the oil and gas law and the draft budget law," the head of the region's cabinet said.

Sounds like from this article that they did not reach a conclusion on the HCL.  Previous articles is telling us that the law has been agreed upon.

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A leader in the Democratic party accuses parties of trying to "obstruct" negotiations with Baghdad

• Time: 02/21/2023 14:06:48
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{Politics: Al Furat News} The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafaa Muhammad Karim, accused parties - he did not name them - of trying to "obstruct" negotiations between the Kurdistan region and the federal government.

Karim told {Euphrates News}: "There are obstacles to negotiations with Baghdad and the movement of parliamentarians {chessmen} to file lawsuits against the region and the movement of decisions of the Federal Court," as he described it.

Karim accused these parties of "planning hostile and malicious programs against the Kurdish component," as he put it.

A delegation from the Kurdistan government arrived in Baghdad the day before yesterday, Sunday, to hold several meetings with government agencies in Baghdad to discuss issues related to oil, the budget, disputed areas, and financial dues for the region.

And the regional government announced that its delegation "agreed with the Federal Ministry of Oil to form a joint committee to prepare and write the oil and gas law."

From: Raghad Dahham

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ERBIL — The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) will continue its negotiations with the Iraqi federal government on the issues of the budget and oil and gas laws, hoping to reach agreement with Baghdad in this regard, an official said.

The remarks were made by KRG Spokesperson Jotiar Adil during an interview with the official website of the regional government. The official official highlighted the recent meetings of a KRG delegation in Baghdad.

"The Kurdistan Regional Government visited Baghdad based on the political agreement in forming Mohammed Al Sudani’s government; for designing the 2023 budget law, the oil and gas law, as well as similar matters. Further, in a meeting with Iraqi Oil Minister, Hayan Abdul-Ghani, general discussions focused on the oil and gas law and affiliated issues. The negotiations are ongoing," he said.

Reaffirming the KRG’s willingness to reach an agreement with Baghdad, Adil, who was also a member of the delegation to Baghdad, noted: "The KRG delegation discussed the budget law with the Iraqi delegation and decided on forming a joint legal committee to design and write the content of both the budget, and the oil and gas law. This team has been scheduled to visit Baghdad in the two coming days."

The Kurdish official stated that while there has been some agreement on the broad issues related to the oil and gas law, there is still a requirement for further negotiation and discussion by the joint committee.

"The oil and gas law is vital and necessary for the whole of Iraq. The oil sector faces many issues, however, there are no laws to resolve them; this sector is currently working with a set of laws which was designed in 1976. Therefore, the oil and gas law will not only be resolving issues between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad, but as well, the whole of Iraq by reviewing the oil sector in this country."

During their trip to Baghdad, the KRG delegation had a meeting with US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski. Both parties agreed that it is crucial to address unresolved matters between Erbil and Baghdad in accordance with the constitution.

During their visit, the delegation also had a meeting with Atwan al-Atwani, the head of the finance committee at the Iraqi Council of Ministers, where they discussed the upcoming steps required to pass the budget law while ensuring coordination and cooperation among all concerned parties.

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The delegation of the Kurdistan Region announces the details of its dialogues with Baghdad

 

 

Today, Tuesday (February 21, 2023), the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government returned from Baghdad, and the Chief of the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Region announced that they discussed during their visit the oil and gas law with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, and the general budget law with the relevant authorities, and that they will continue the dialogue until solutions are reached to the outstanding problems between the two sides.

 

The Chief of the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Region, Omid Sabah, stated on Tuesday (February 21, 2023) that "after a two-day visit to Baghdad as a delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government, we arrived in Erbil."

 

According to Omid Sabah, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government met during its visit with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to discuss the oil and gas law, and also met with the relevant authorities to discuss the issue of the Iraqi federal budget law.

 

 

 

During this visit, the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government also met with the US Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, and the Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Atwan Al-Atwani.

 

Regarding the continuation of dialogue with Baghdad, Omid Sabah announced that meetings and visits are scheduled to continue in order to reach a joint solution to the outstanding problems between the two sides, especially the oil and gas law and the draft federal budget law.

 

The Kurdistan Regional Government announced in a statement issued on Sunday (February 19, 2023) that the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government met with the delegation of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and decided at the meeting to form a joint committee to prepare and draft the federal oil and gas law.

 

On Saturday (February 18, 2023), the Chief of the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Region, Omid Sabah, told Rudaw Media Network that "our visit will last two days, and we will meet on Sunday with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on the subject of the oil and gas law and related issues."

 

It is noteworthy that this is the second visit of the delegation of the Kurdistan Regional Government to Baghdad during this February, as the first visit of the delegation to Baghdad came on (February 11, 2023) and held a series of meetings in Baghdad with officials of the Iraqi federal government.

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Democrat accuses internal and external parties of destabilizing the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil

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Democrat accuses internal and external parties of destabilizing the relationship between Baghdad and Erbil | Information (almaalomah-me.translate.goog)

Information/Baghdad.A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Sobhi Al-Mandalawi, on Tuesday accused political and foreign parties of working to create crises between Baghdad and Erbil and prolong the duration of the conflict, indicating that the region is negotiating exclusively with Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani.
Al-Mandalawi said in a televised interview that "the adoption of the oil and gas law is a reassurance to all Iraqis and is not limited to the region, and that selling the region's oil to Turkey for 50 years is just a lie."He added that "the regional government deals with the Sudanese government currently and that the Sudanese does not deal with parties, but with a constitutional government, and pointed out that "Sudanese insist on activating the reform paper, but there are internal and external parties that do not want to resolve the dispute between Baghdad and
Erbil.”A member of the Parliamentary Energy and Gas Committee, the Kurdish politician Ghaleb Mohammed, revealed in a statement the involvement of the Kurdistan government in long-term contracts to sell oil to Turkey and Israel at low prices, indicating that the Zionist entity is the one who opposes the delivery of oil from Kurdistan to SOMO. End25

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The title of this thread is very misleading.  It should read…. “Erbil was unable to agree with Baghdad again so each went their separate ways in hopes of agreeing sometime soon.”   

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Member of the Democratic Party: The region's share of the budget will not be sent until after the oil and gas law is legislated

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{Politics: Al Furat News} A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafaa Muhammad Karim, revealed the agreement not to send the Kurdistan region's share of the budget until after the oil and gas law is passed.

 

Karim said; For the program {Without Accusation} broadcast by Al-Furat TV channel this evening, Tuesday, it said: "The Kurdistan region has entered into many agreements and treaties with alliances and coalitions in Baghdad and is accustomed to breaking covenants and not respecting contracts."
He added, "The region's share in the federal budget was 12.67, which is equivalent to 900 billion dinars, and Baghdad cut off 700 billion dinars because the region did not pay its oil debts, and it only received two financial payments in 2022."
Karim pointed out, "The problem lies in the lack of a guarantee from Baghdad to deliver the region's oil in exchange for its financial share in the budget, and the region is not a governorate, but rather has the right to use its constitutional and legal powers, according to Article 21 of the Iraqi constitution."
He explained, "The failure to conduct a general census worsened the problem between Baghdad and Erbil, and today the random population of the region is estimated at 14%, and there is an agreement that the share of the region be either 14% or 13.9%," pointing out that "if it is determined, it will not be sent until after the oil and gas law is passed; for this reason The visits of the Kurdish delegation will continue according to the specified time mechanism of 6 months.
Karim added, "The current atmosphere regarding the legislation of the oil and gas law is positive, and it was agreed in principle to determine the region's share until the law is enacted. We are optimistic about Prime Minister Muhammad Shia'a al-Sudani and the political forces in approving the law." 
With regard to the recent statement of the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, Karim said, "Barzani's statement was clear regarding the relationship with Baghdad, so what is the point of the Kurds staying in the federal government without implementing contracts and covenants?"
And he continued, "The Federal Court's decision on oil and gas was on the Federal Budget Law for the year 2021 and not on the 2023 budget. Therefore, the region has the right to claim the center for Iraqi oil export lists, and Baghdad has cut off $50 billion from the region since 2014."
Karim concluded by saying, "The four border crossings in the region are electronically linked to the federal government." 

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Democrat: Our dialogues with Baghdad are making remarkable progress

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Democrat: Our dialogues with Baghdad are making remarkable progress | Information (almaalomah-me.translate.goog)

The head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party bloc in the House of Representatives, Vian Sabri, said on Wednesday that the dialogue between the delegation of the Kurdistan region and the federal government has witnessed good progress.

Sabri said in an interview with the agency / information /, that "some agreements between the two sides are at a good level and have seen remarkable progress," noting that "there are a lot of positive steps have been reached with Baghdad."

She added that "the formed subcommittees continue their work to develop a vision of participation with Baghdad regarding the end of all outstanding files," stressing that "some agreements between the Kurdistan region and Baghdad have witnessed good progress."

Earlier in the day, State of Law MP Mohammed Al-Shammari stressed that there are positive indicators and understandings to proceed with resolving differences and outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad. Finished / 25 hours

 

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Tomorrow two delegations of Kurdistan region will go to Baghdad

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Tomorrow two delegations of Kurdistan region will go to Baghdad | Event.Net (rudaw.net)

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The Kurdistan Regional Government's Council of Ministers decided to visit Baghdad tomorrow Thursday on the 2023 Iraqi budget bill and the oil-gas bill to continue discussions to complete the latest steps to determine the Kurdistan Region's share of the federal budget and to discuss preparations for the federal oil and gas bill.

 

On Wednesday, 22-2-2023, the Kurdistan Regional Government's Council of Ministers met and discussed a number of topics. The second part of the meeting, according to the council's announcement, was specific to the results of the visit of the High Negotiating Delegation of the Government. The Kurdistan Region is in Baghdad and its meetings with the federal government's negotiating delegation on 19-2-2023 regarding the union's oil and gas bill, which was presented by Awat Sheikh Janab, the minister of finance and economy and members of the delegation.

 

"Despite his appreciation to the KRG delegation, the prime minister stressed that the Kurdistan Region has always agreed that the problems with the federal government should be resolved through negotiations, negotiations, fundamentally and on the basis of the constitution, and for this purpose, we are ready for any cooperation and cooperation with the federal government, as not solving the problems will harm the interests of all Iraqi citizens," the statement said.

 

"The Council of Ministers has decided that both teams from the Kurdistan Region, specific to the federal budget bill and the oil gas bill, will visit Baghdad tomorrow to continue discussions to complete the latest steps to determine the Kurdistan Region's share of the federal budget, as well as to discuss preparations for the federal oil and gas bill," the statement said.

 

On Sunday, February 19, 2023, the KRG announced in a statement that the KRG delegation met in Baghdad with a delegation from the Iraqi ministry of oil and decided to form a committee to prepare and draft the federal oil and gas bill.

 

This is the third visit by the Kurdistan Regional Government's delegation to Baghdad this month. The same delegation visited Baghdad on 11-02-2023 and held meetings with Iraqi government officials.

 

The Kurdistan Regional Government(KRG) negotiating delegation returned to Erbil on Tuesday, 21-2-2023, after meetings with officials in Baghdad. "Our discussions will continue until we reach a solution to the outstanding issues, particularly the oil and gas law and the budget bill," he said.

 

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Tomorrow the delegation of Kurdistan regional government will visit Baghdad

سبه‌ی شاندی حكومه‌تی هه‌رێمی كوردستان سه‌ردانی به‌غدا ده‌كات (kurdistan24.net)

      

 

K24 - Erbil:

The regional delegation is visiting Baghdad to continue discussions to complete the latest steps to determine the Kurdistan Region's share of the federal budget.

Today, Wednesday (February 22, 2023), the Kurdistan Regional Government's Council of Ministers, chaired by Masrour Barzani, was the head of the regional government. According to the meeting, the Council of Ministers has decided that both teams from the Kurdistan Region will visit Baghdad tomorrow on the federal budget bill and the oil gas bill.

According to the same source, the regional delegation will visit Baghdad to continue the discussions to complete the latest steps to determine the Kurdistan Region's share of the federal budget and to discuss preparations for the federal oil and gas bill.

This is at a time when, on Tuesday (February 21, 2023), Farmer Adil, spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government and a member of the regional delegation to Baghdad, discussed the latest visit of the regional delegation. In a statement to the KRG's official website, he said: "The KRG, on the basis of its political agreement to form the Sudanese government, visited Baghdad to draft and prepare the 2023 budget law, the oil and gas law, and many related issues. "The meeting with Iraqi Oil Minister Hayan Abdul-Ghani was generally discussed on a number of issues related to the oil and gas law, and discussions are ongoing."

"The KRG delegation met with the Iraqi government team to discuss the issue of the federal budget bill and it is decided that a legal team will visit Baghdad in the two days to complete the drafting of the legal texts on the budget bill and the oil and gas law," the krg spokesman said, referring to the KRG's insistence on an agreement with Baghdad.

The KRG spokesman on the oil and gas law case noted that there is a general understanding, but it needs more discussions and meetings, and that the joint committee will begin work in the next few days to work on the understanding agreed upon by the two sides.

"The oil and gas law is important and necessary for all of Iraq, because the oil secrecy in Iraq has many problems and there is no law; it now works under the oil ministry law, which was drafted in 1976," he said. "Therefore, the oil and gas law is not only for resolving the conflict between the region and Baghdad, but also solving the problems of the whole of Iraq and reviewing iraq's oil division."

During the same visit to Baghdad, the KRG delegation met with Alina Romanski, the US ambassador to Iraq, and insisted on resolving the issues between the krg and the federal government on the basis of the constitution and continuing negotiations for this purpose.

The KRG delegation met with Atwan al-Atwani, head of the Finance Committee of the Iraqi House of Representatives, to discuss the next steps to approve the budget bill, in cooperation with all relevant parties.

In this regard, today Tuesday (February 21, 2023), Alina Romanosky, the Us ambassador to Iraq, tweeted The recent visit of the Kurdistan Regional Government delegation to Baghdad to discuss the issue of budget, oil and gas and called the visit "successful".

According to Romanosky, the solution to the "disbanded conflict" between the Kurdistan Regional Government and Iraq will serve "the national interest of Iraq" and will work for "the independence of the energy sector" and the protection of the stability of the area

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What is the guarantor of the Kurdistan Region's commitment to deliver oil imports to Baghdad?

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Baghdad and Erbil meet on oil file

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Regional Government spokesman Jotyar Adel said at a press conference that "there are common points between Erbil and Baghdad, and our first step is to activate the Electoral Commission," noting that "visits to Baghdad will focus on controversial points."

 

 

He added, "The rate of 12.67 percent of the region is unfair to Kurdistan," noting that "this figure was put on the basis of the ration card in 2014, but the number of citizens of the region has increased since that time until now." "," explaining, "When the budget was cut from Baghdad in 2014, we were forced to export oil abroad to secure the amounts and expenses," noting that "the issue of oil and gas in Iraq has a problem, because of the lack of legislation of the law.”

He pointed out, "Our legal team is now in Baghdad, regarding the oil file," explaining that "there is an agreement to transport oil with Turkey, not selling it for fifty years, and this news is not true," stressing that " The regional government is demanding a real partnership with Baghdad, and we believe that the agreement between the two governments is for the benefit of all, and our participation with Baghdad is on the basis of federalism.”

He added that "a meeting was held between the governments of the center and the region, and several topics were discussed, including the visit of the prime minister to France and the roads and bridges project, as there are good understandings between Kurdistan and the countries." .”

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'12.67% for the region is unfair'

The oil file is the most prominent of them. Kurdistan government reveals agendas of its legal team in Baghdad

2023.02.23 - 14:18

The oil file is the most prominent of them. Kurdistan government reveals agendas of its legal team in Baghdad (nasnews.com)

  

Baghdad - Nas  

The Kurdistan Regional Government said on Thursday that its legal team is meeting in Baghdad on the oil file, noting that it is demanding a real partnership with the capital.  

    

  

The spokesman for the regional government, Jotyar Adel, said in a press conference, followed by "NAS", (February 23, 2023), that "there are common points between Erbil and Baghdad, and our first step is to activate the electoral commission," noting that "visits to Baghdad will focus on controversial points."  

  

Adel added that "12.67 percent of the region is unfair to Kurdistan," noting that "this figure was put on the basis of the ration card in 2014, but the number of citizens of the region has increased since that time until now."  

  

He explained, "When the budget was cut from Baghdad in 2014, we were forced to export oil abroad to secure the amounts and expenses," noting that "the issue of oil and gas in Iraq has a problem, because of the lack of legislation of the law."  

  

Adel pointed out that "our legal team is now in Baghdad, regarding the oil file," explaining that "there is an agreement to transport oil with Turkey, not selling it for fifty years, and this news is not true."  

  

He stressed that "the regional government demands a real partnership with Baghdad, and we believe that the agreement between the two governments is for the benefit of all, and our participation with Baghdad on the basis of federalism," noting that "a meeting was held between the governments of the center and the region, and several topics were addressed, including the visit of the prime minister to France and the road and bridges project, as there are good understandings between Kurdistan and the countries," according to the official agency.  

  

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ERBIL — A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is set to return to the Iraqi capital on Thursday to follow up on recent discussions on the crux of outstanding problems between the two, notably Erbil's share of the federal budget and details of a hydrocarbons law in the making.

The decision to send another delegation to Baghdad was made yesterday during the weekly meeting of the KRG Council of Ministers, hoping that federal government officials would respond in kind to Erbil's goodwill and seriousness to find enduring solutions which would help both parties avoid this persistent need for conflict resolution.

During Wednesday's meeting of government ministers, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani reaffirmed his commitment to find concrete solutions while cautioning that failure to do so would hurt the interests of the country moving forward: "We are ready for all kinds of coordination and cooperating with the federal government to resolve our issues. If they remain unresolved, they will harm the interests of all Iraqi citizens."

Erbil and Baghdad on Sunday formed a joint committee to prepare details of a potential hydrocarbons law, which will determine the rights and responsibilities of both sides. They have also reached a preliminary agreement on the upcoming federal budget bill.

Relations between Erbil and the federal government of Iraq turned sour after Baghdad cut Erbil's share of the federal budget in 2014. The relationship has often been tested, and complicated by persistent violations of the country's constitution, which enshrines Kurdistan Region's financial entitlements.