State of Law: the Kurds asked nine billion dollars for their participation in the government
State of Law: the Kurds asked nine billion dollars for their participation in the government
2014/09/20 18:33
Tomorrow’s Press / Baghdad: MP for the coalition of state law Mohammed Chihod, Saturday, that the Kurds had asked the amount of nine billion dollars for their participation in the government, noting that these amounts belong to the salaries of the staff of the province.
Said Chihod for “tomorrow’s Press,” said that “it is known that there are problems between Baghdad and Erbil on several issues, mainly oil and salaries of employees in the province and the new problem is the lack of participation of the Kurds in the government so far,” adding that “the visit of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to former President Jalal Talabani, a good step in the right direction. ”
He explained that “Abadi said that the two sides must make concessions toward resolving the situation,” and urged the Kurdish leaders to “estimate the envelope through which the new government and the country and reduce the high ceiling of their demands.”
He pointed out that “the Kurds, speaking on condition of the province of the government to provide the amount of nine billion dollars, in return for their participation in the government,” stressing that “the government can not pay this amount at the present time.”
It is noteworthy that Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has recently paid a visit to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, where he met Prime Algmehorbh former Jalal Talabani and a number of Kurdish officials to resolve the problems between Baghdad and the region, but the Kurds, speaking on condition, inter alia, the issue of the export of oil and accelerate the implementation of Article 140 and the employees’ salaries.
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