Barzani to Arab diplomats: Kurdistan wants to reach a constitutional solution with Baghdad
Barzani to Arab diplomats: Kurdistan wants to reach a constitutional solution with Baghdad
01/25/2021 17:02
[Baghdad-Where]
Massoud Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, informed diplomats from 5 Arab countries of the desire of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq to reach a constitutional solution with the federal government.
This came during Barzani’s reception in Erbil, the capital of the region, the Egyptian Consul General Muhammad Wajih Al-Hijazi, the Kuwaiti Omar Al-Kandari, the Palestinian Nazmi Al-Hazouri, the Emirati Ahmed Al-Zahri, and Jordan’s Coordinator of Consular Affairs Abd Al-Rahim Hassan.
Barzani said, “The Kurdistan region wants to reach a solution based on the principles of the Iraqi constitution with the federal government, through the means of dialogue and peace.”
And recently, Iraqi Kurdistan announced that it had reached an agreement with the Iraqi government regarding the region’s allocations in the 2021 budget. The region’s grant includes a 12.67 percent share of the budget in exchange for handing over 250 thousand barrels per day of oil produced in its fields to Baghdad, but many Iraqi representatives have confirmed that they will not allow By passing the budget, unless the region pays the entire financial dues owed by it to Baghdad.
And in the middle of last month, the Kurdistan region of Iraq announced the approval of the provisions of the “borrowing” law voted by the Iraqi parliament, which includes the delivery of the region’s oil by 250 thousand barrels of oil per day, and non-oil revenues to the federal government.
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