Kurdish anger at US statements and talks in Baghdad about stopping oil

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[size=52]Kurdish anger at US statements and talks in Baghdad about stopping oil[/size]

[size=45]The Kurdistan region sets the date for its parliamentary elections,
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[size=45]Determine the autonomous region of Kurdistan, which is located in four governorates: Sulaymaniyah, Erbil, Dohuk, and Halabja in the north of the country. Iraq, next November 18, is the date for its parliamentary elections, after extending the parliament’s session for one year Background of political tension and political crisis.[/size]
[size=45]According to political sources, the political map will not change between the bipartisanship led by Massoud Barzani and Pavel Talabani . The sources added that some young men may rise to the fore.[/size]
[size=45]While the political and official figures expressed clear annoyance at the statements of US officials, describing the Kurdistan region as a cartoon entity.[/size]
[size=45]On Sunday, the Secretary-General of the Kurdistan Socialist Party, Muhammad Haj Mahmoud, underestimated the importance and impact of some statements American officials about the entity of the Kurdistan Region, while stressing the need not to hand over the fate of the region to any party. The media is based on statements made by an American official, in which he described the Kurdistan Region entity as “cartoonish.” . The General Guide of the Kurdistan Islamic Movement, Irfan Abdulaziz, also stated in a press conference yesterday, by saying that “The entity of the region is constitutionally preserved and no one can touch it, because the Iraqi constitution indicated that any A constitutional change requires that three provinces not object.”[/size]
[size=45]Mahmoud added, “The agreement with Baghdad is a good and important thing,” adding, “I am not With the delivery of our revenues to Baghdad, the fact that what the region got came with the sacrifices of its people.[/size]
[size=45]On the rapprochement between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Secretary General of the Kurdistan Socialist Party indicated,[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that “the relationship between the two parties is good now, and it is heading for the better, and the next stage requires everyone’s agreement more[/size]
[size=45]Regarding the statements of some American officials against the Kurdistan Region entity, Mahmoud noted that “America did not It remains the only country that has absolute influence in the world, now there are those who have an influence on the scene such as Russia, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia,” stressing that “America yesterday was unable to defend itself In Syria, it brought its fighters to Erbil to treat them.. We will not wait for America to defend us.”[/size]
[size=45]While a Kurdish delegation is trying to remedy a new, old oil crisis with Baghdad, and I expected the presidency of the Kurdistan region, On Sunday, the region's oil exports will resume again through the pipeline extending to the Turkish port of Ceyhan, in response On the international judgment won by the federal government that caused the export from that pipeline to stop.[/size]
[size=45]"Until now, we do not know," Dilshad Shahab, a spokesman for the region's presidency, said in a press conference held on Sunday The issuance of an official decision regarding stopping the export of oil in the Kurdistan Region, ”confirming that a delegation from the regional government will go To the capital, Baghdad, to discuss this matter with the relevant authorities. He added that there is an agreement between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regional Government regarding the export of oil, just as there is an agreement between Iraq and Turkey. And Shehab continued by saying, “If there is a temporary halt to the export of oil, we are assured of the resumption and continuation of the process Kurdistan's oil export.[/size]
[size=45]And the Iraqi Ministry of Oil announced, on Saturday, the victory of the international arbitration case filed by Iraq against Turkey regarding the export of crude oil from the Kurdistan Region through the Turkish port of Ceyhan, while it stated that it will To discuss the export mechanism through the same port with the concerned authorities in the region and the authorities in Ankara, according to the new data. Last October, the region's parliament, consisting of 111 seats, extended its session for an additional year. Postponing the elections that were supposed to take place in the same month, due to political disputes between the two major parties The Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, on how to divide electoral districts.[/size]
[size=45]The two major rival parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, dominate political life in the region.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistan Democratic Party dominates, especially in Erbil, and assumes the presidency of the region and the presidency of the government in it. On the other hand, since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, all the presidents of the Republic of Iraq have been from a party Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in unwritten consensus.[/size]
[size=45]Parliament plays an important role in the region, as it gives confidence to the government and its president, as it approves local laws in the region The region, which also has its own security forces.[/size]
[size=45]In the current Parliament, the Kurdistan Democratic Party holds the majority with 45 seats, followed by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan with 21 seats.[/size]
[size=45]The Kurdistan region presents itself as a haven of stability and security in a country wracked by decades of conflict. However, activists and opponents sometimes denounce corruption, arbitrary arrests, and intimidation of demonstrators.[/size]
[size=45]The region's parliament has extended its term more than once in the past years, against the backdrop of internal political rivalries that have reached a climax In the nineties, with internal fighting between the Barzani and Talabani families.[/size]
[size=45]The two parties also differ on many issues, especially those related to the distribution of budget allocations.[/size]
[size=45]The regional government often disagrees with the central government in Baghdad regarding Erbil's share of the budget as well as administration Exports of oil resources coming from the region.[/size]
[size=45]Nor is the region immune to settling regional scores. Where Iran launches attacks on its opponents inside the region, and neighboring Turkey repeatedly launches military attacks It targets the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which is based in the mountains of the Kurdistan region, and is classified by Ankara and its Western allies as a "terrorist" organization.[/size]
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