Kurdistan: Baghdad does not respond to our proposals on oil and budget negotiations stalled

Kurdistan: Baghdad does not respond to our proposals on oil and budget negotiations stalled

03.09.2014 (0:01 pm)

Kurdistan-Baghdad does not respond to our proposals on oil and budget negotiations stalled BAGHDAD / Mohammad Sabah

Download the Kurdistan Alliance, on Saturday, the responsibility of the central government stopped negotiations with the Kurdistan Regional Government.
He revealed proposals to participate in the management of Sumo in addition to the provision of a new law in the next session, as well as the deduction of the region’s share of the fund the DFI, stressing that Baghdad did not respond to these proposals so far.
confirmed deputies from the coalition negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil are useless Although it has been characterized as positive, stressing that the government is merely words without deeds.
standing dispute between the federal government and the Kurdistan region obstacle without approval of the federal budget, especially after the decision of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc boycott of the House of Representatives.
revolves dispute between Baghdad and the region around the file of oil revenue quantities exported from abroad, which led to the freezing of the federal government for the salaries of the staff of the region.
were the Kurdistan Alliance bloc confirmed mid-February, said the meeting conducted by the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani, Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani was positive for the first time, while confirmed that the issue of the export of oil from the region, such as the dilemma key in the negotiations between the two parties.
In this context, says Mohsen al-Sadoun, deputy head of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc parliamentary, that “negotiations between Arbil and Baghdad on the outstanding problems in the last few years have been ongoing and the two sides reached a semi-agreement about the points of contention facing the adoption of the budget. ”
added Al-Saadoun, told the “long” yesterday “demanded that the Kurdistan Regional Government to send its proposals to the government in Baghdad on the settlement of problems and differences were delivered proposals include a mechanism for the export of oil and sell it,” adding that “the ball is now in the court of the government but they did not answer our proposals are not yes or no. ”
On the nature of the proposals Kurdistan, says Sadoun it “include the formation of a committee of the federal government and the province and the oil-producing provinces in the SOMO to oversee the export of oil and sell it until the enactment of the oil and gas, which we called legitimizes as soon as possible , “adding,” As we proposed the enactment of the SOMO in the next session because the procedures centralized and outdated. ”
The Vice President of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc that “the federal government did not respond to our proposals to now we do not know the reasons,” pointing to “a proposal on oil export revenues, which go proceeds to the International Fund dif that is allocated share of the Kurdistan region of this revenue and the World Bank to deposit with the central bank in Erbil directly similar to the demands of the oil-producing provinces such as Basra and elsewhere, “pointing out that” Baghdad pay for the Kurdistan region of the sums of the 17% in the form of ancestor, which amounted to 36 advance. ”
In the same vein, said the Kurdistan Alliance MP Khalil Mahma that “the Kurdistan region Aithml delay the adoption of the federal budget for the year 2014 in the House of Representatives,” stressing that “it bears the Colossus full is the federal government because there are mistakes and obstacles and abuses in terms of the budget bill. ”
and saw Khalil, in an interview for the “long”, “Sending the government budget hold such paragraphs punitive purpose and clear is disabled approval,” pointing out that “proves true we say prime minister’s comments, which promised regardless budget without reference of the Parliament. ”
and on the negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil, shows a member of the Kurdistan Alliance, saying that “negotiations between the Governments of the region and the Federal on the settlement of disputes budget has become useless,” noting that “the negotiations between the two sides have been stalled since the recent visit of the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani to Baghdad and meeting Maliki has not yet resumed. ”
and was president of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani visited Baghdad, the mid-February in his second visit in less than a month, the head of a government delegation to discuss the differences between the two governments central region on file oil, and met with both Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Hussein Shahristani, deputy prime minister for energy affairs.
and follow MP Mahma Khalil, saying that “the Kurdistan Alliance and other political forces within the House of Representatives are determined not to pass a budget,” and stressed that “the negotiations between Baghdad and Erbil was from the outset a positive between the two parties, but the government give promises without action,” , stressing that “it is very necessary to resume negotiations again in order to reach a convincing solutions facilitate the process of passing the bill the federal budget by all the political blocs.”

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