Parliamentary Finance on Oil Revenues: Kurdistan Has Not Handed Over Anything to Baghdad
Parliamentary Finance on Oil Revenues: Kurdistan Has Not Handed Over Anything to Baghdad
1-22-2025
Information/Baghdad…
Member of the Finance Committee, Mustafa Al-Karawi, confirmed that the Kurdistan Region did not hand over any of the oil revenues to the central government in Baghdad.
Al-Karawi said in a televised interview followed by Al-Maalouma Agency, “The region is not committed to handing over non-oil revenues and localizing salaries.”
He added, “The failure to adhere to the budget provisions is the basis of the problem between Baghdad and Erbil.”
He pointed out that “the Kurdistan Region did not send salary settlement data to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance.”
He pointed out that “Iraq’s share in OPEC has decreased due to the smuggling of oil from the Kurdistan Region.”
almaalomah.me