***** Kurdistan delegation in Baghdad to discuss the problems of the budget in 2014

12/19/2013 0:00

Is expected to be headed by Barzani next week
Baghdad morning


Visiting delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government , Baghdad next week to discuss the problems that were renewed recently between the two governments because of dues of oil companies operating in the region , according to what was said by a member of the House of Representatives from a coalition of Kurdish blocs Dler Abdelkader .

Abdul Kadir said a member of the parliamentary Finance Committee in an interview with the «morning » : The « Kurdish government delegation will arrive in Baghdad next week to discuss the outstanding problems between him and his counterpart , most notably the federal budget by the year 2014 voting in the Council of Ministers » .

Kurdish lawmaker , denied knowledge of the level of the delegation, which will arrive in Baghdad , expecting that accompanies this technical delegation head of the provincial government Barzani for the existence of the program has to visit Baghdad to meet with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki .

The coalition of Kurdish blocs have shown « surprise » of the absence of a representative within the mini-committee formed by the Council of Ministers to discuss the budget in 2014 , and between that budget « did not address any problem » of the financial problems of the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil , calling for « pay 7 trillion dinars accrued cumulative Peshmerga forces have not paid by the government seven years ago » .

A member of the House of Representatives from the coalition Najeebeh Najib member of the Finance Committee in this regard : « We are surprised by the absence of a representative of the Kurdistan Alliance within the ministerial committee , even though we demanded months ago, the need for us to be the representative for taking all our demands » .

And went on to « 2014 budget did not address any of the problems the financial relationship between Baghdad and Erbil, despite the presence of new agreements between the central government and the province allows to resolve all outstanding issues through the formation of committees negotiated between the national and Kurdish coalitions » .

It also noted that the most important problems of the financial relationship between the federal government and Erbil is the dues of oil companies operating in the region , and the issue of entitlements elements of the Peshmerga forces that are part of the system of national defense , and therefore makes it imperative for the central government cut accounted for 17 percent of the defense budget of the Federal and paid for the Peshmerga , she says .

In turn, between a member of the Finance Committee Auzmn Hassan al-Bayati, a member of the House of Representatives for the Iraqi List, that «it is supposed to agree the federal governments and the Kurdistan region on the global financial advisory office to be judged between them on the issue of entitlements oil companies operating in the region » .

Al-Bayati said »Sabah » , « I think that this proposal would be the best solution and the safest for both parties to get out of this problem » . And budget amounts to the year 2014 sent from the Ministry of Finance to the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers 174 trillion and 649 billion dinars , up from the previous one in 2013 by more than 36 trillion dinars .

allocated draft budget, 38 trillion and 901 billion dinars for the energy sector by 11 trillion dinars to the Ministry of Electricity and 27 trillion and 901 billion dinars for the oil ministry , while the allocated 7 trillion and 960 billion dinars for the Ministry of Commerce , including 5 trillion and 416 billion dinars allocated for the ration card .

The share of the Department of Defense within the draft budget 6 trillion and 376 billion dinars and the Ministry of the Interior 10 trillion and 323 billion dinars , and the National Security Council 302 billion dinars.

 Has also allocated to the agricultural sector the amount of 3 trillion and 248 billion dinars, and the industrial sector 2 trillion and 405 billion dinars , construction and reconstruction trillion and 978 billion dinars , while an amount of $ 10 trillion and 656 billion dinars for the departments of local ( provincial councils ) and investment bodies in the provinces, and 15 trillion and 910 billion dinars in debt , local and international , including compensation of the State of Kuwait , which amounted to 6 trillion and 511 billion dinars, while the budget of the Kurdistan region of 18 trillion and 936 billion dinars.



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