######Jaafari heads a meeting to resolve the problem of entitlements oil companies contracting with the Kurdistan region

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Chaired by the President of the National Alliance Ibrahim al-Jaafari last night's meeting included representatives from the National Alliance, the Kurdistan Alliance, in the presence of Oil Minister Abdul Karim and coffee.

A statement by al-Jaafari's office said he was at the meeting to agree on a legal formula regarding payment of foreign oil companies contracting with the Kurdistan region of affluence achieved annual revenue of the central government



He added that this formula will be Drjha within the budget law of the Council of Ministers; aim approval for the commitment of the Government of the Territory to export oil produced without interruption and be the delegation of the National Alliance of parliament Khalid al-Attiyah and Prince Kanani and Haider

Abadi and Ammar Tohme and the Kurdistan Alliance Mohsen al-Sadoun, Khalid Shwani.



Noted that one of the main reasons for the delay in approving the budget, the demand of the Kurdistan Regional Government of the Federal Government payments to the oil companies operating in the region, which amounts to up to $ 4 billion


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Jaafari announced agreement on a formula for the payment of legal companies contracting with Kurdistan


1:51 pm, February 22, 2013








BAGHDAD (Iba) ... President of the National Alliance announced Ibrahim al-Jaafari agreed with the Kurdistan Alliance to a legal formula regarding payment of foreign oil companies contracting with the Kurdistan region.

A statement by the Office of the President of the National Alliance received the independent press (Iba) .. Friday "Jaafari headed" meeting included representatives of the National Alliance and the Kurdistan Alliance and the presence of the Minister of Oil Abdul Karim and coffee to solve the problem of entitlements oil companies contracting with the Kurdistan region and the federal government. "

He Jaafari that "During the meeting agreed on the legal formula for payments to foreign oil companies contracting with the Kurdistan region of affluence achieved for annual revenue of the central government, and Drjha within the budget law issued by the Council of Ministers, with the aim approval for Government's commitment to the region to export oil produced without Stop. "

It is noteworthy that the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan Region revealed in (14 September 2012), the agreement with the federal government on the export of 200 thousand barrels of oil per day during the next three months, while the ministers agreed in the governments in Baghdad and Erbil, in (13 September 2012), the formation of bilateral joint committees for scrutiny and resolve outstanding problems and payments to the oil companies in the region, in light of the budget law. (End)



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Finance Committee: discussions on the budget did not reach an impasse and the things you need to check more



Friday, February 22, 2013 09:00



{Baghdad: Euphrates News} Finance Committee confirmed that discussions with the coalition in Iraq and the Kurdistan Alliance on the financial budget of the Federal Assembly did not reach an impasse and the things you need to check more. "

A member of the Committee MP for mass citizen parliamentary Faleh sari told {Euphrates News} today that "there was a lengthy meeting with the Kurdistan Alliance has reached a certain formula to include the budget explicitly clear and pay dues oil companies operating in the Kurdistan region after conducting audit by BSA quantities of oil exported until 2012 and thus access to pay $ 4 billion and $ 200 million and the topic be voted on within the parliamentary Finance Committee. "

"The Kurdistan Alliance wanted to be text more clearly and frankly that is acceptance to pay dues without scrutiny and this is another to reach an agreement and thus prevented a vote on the budget."

He sari that "demand the coalition in Iraq is to be transfers certain amounts of the budget, specifically from the allocations of the Department of Defense to develop the regions and this also needs to study and clarify the size of the amount, and did not get to a dead end and we need to check the last accounts of ministries."

He continued that "after returning to the statistics of the Ministry of Oil and we found that there dues great Kurdistan during the past two years could reach $ 4 billion a dues to the public treasury," noting that "according to the budget estimates be exported quantities are 175 thousand barrels but it turned out she did not up to half of this amount, and therefore will be Mshakat region much less than this amount. "

And lifting the House of Representatives its Thursday until tomorrow Saturday a lack of quorum for the number of members, which was scheduled to vote on the financial budget, while suggesting parliamentary sources to incompatibility of the Finance Committee with the Kurdistan Alliance on an item concerning entitlements foreign companies operating in the Kurdistan region.

And confirms observers it possible to reach a compromise on the budget, the federal public developed powers and blocs and leaders interests of the country sights and the citizen, which is expected to admit promised, especially since life in the country are almost Off pending budget that approval by may defuse some crises and extinguish fires meant to be rages.


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