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    Erbil Delegation in Baghdad for Full Slate of Talks

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    Post by Rocky Wed 16 Apr 2014, 6:45 am

    Erbil Delegation in Baghdad for Full Slate of Talks





    Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (L) with his Iraqi counterpart Nuri al-Maliki. Dec. 2013. Photo: RudawERBIL, Kurdistan Region – A Kurdish delegation led by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani is in Baghdad today to discuss a range of topics, among them the long-running rows over Kurdistan’s right to export energy and Erbil’s share of the budget, a source told Rudaw.


    The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) delegation, which includes several ministers, as well as directors from the finance ministry, will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

    The agenda of the talks includes Kurdistan’s oil exports to Turkey, the 2014 national budget, Kirkuk security, the disputed territories and the Kurdish-Turkish oil and gas export agreement through Kurdistan's independent pipeline, in which 50 percent would go to Turkey at a discounted rate and the rest to international markets.

    The talks over the budget will focus on the KRG's share. According to some independent studies, KRG's portion has been 10.5 percent instead of the 17 percent stipulated in the constitution. For this reason, several officials from the ministry of finance are part of the delegation, to explain and negotiate terms.

    Another topic includes Kurdistan’s share in Iraq's defense budget. According to Erbil, Baghdad has failed to pay and equip the Kurdish Peshmargas, which it must do as stipulated in previous budget laws.

    The US has expressed support for the KRG visit to Baghdad, and a senior US official has called Barzani for this purpose.

    Barzani will also meet Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy affairs, where Baghdad has recently shown a softer tone towards KRG's oil policy.

    Previously, Iraq's Oil Minister Abdulkarim Luaibi had said he hoped to reach a deal with KRG on oil disputes.

    The KRG has started pumping oil through an Iraqi pipeline since April 13. The process was described as “extremely successful" by the KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami.

    Barzani is also expected to meet Amar al-Hakim, head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), to offer condolence for the Arbaeen holy day for Shiites.

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