Revealing the content of the private conversation between Al-Sudani and Blinken about Kurdistan

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[size=52]Revealing the content of the private conversation between Al-Sudani and Blinken about Kurdistan[/size]

[size=45]The 964 Network obtained excerpts in the form of questions and answers between Prime Minister Mohamed Al-Sudani and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, during the meeting held in Washington on Monday, and before the meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House, where the Iraqi delegation presented its observations regarding Erbil’s views on financial disputes, At the same time, he adhered to the constitutionality of the status of the Kurdistan region, an issue that the American side was very interested in deliberating about.[/size]
[size=45]During a phone call, Dylan Ghafour, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee in the Iraqi Parliament, who attended the talks within the delegation, conveyed the dialogue related to the progress of the discussions between Baghdad and Erbil regarding the issues of oil, the financial budget, and employee salaries, and the extent of Iraq’s commitment to the constitutional status of the Kurdistan region.[/size]
[size=45]Part of the dialogue between Al-Sudani and Blinken:[/size]
[size=45]Blinken asks about the issue of re-exporting Kurdistan oil[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani answers: The problem of re-exporting Kurdistan’s oil can be solved in two ways:[/size]
[size=45]The first was to amend the budget law, and the second was to amend the investment contracts concluded between the region and oil companies, but this was not approved by the region or foreign companies.[/size]
[size=45]Iraq wants to re-export oil from the Kurdistan region because its cessation caused a lot of damage to the Iraqi economy.[/size]
[size=45]Blinken: The Kurdistan Regional Government believes that there is a threat to the region’s constitutional status.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani: The Kurdistan Region entity is constitutional and strong, and the process of settling salaries is in the interest of the employees and there is no threat to the region’s entity. Our goal is for all Iraqi employees in Basra and Sulaymaniyah to receive their salaries at the same time.[/size]
[size=45]Blinken: Could you tell us about your preparations to commemorate the tragedy that befell the Yazidis?[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani: The government’s approach includes serving the devastated areas and rebuilding Sinjar, and the displaced will be returned to their areas during this year.[/size]
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