**** Signs to resolve the crisis between the two .. U.S. mediation to end the problems between Baghdad and Erbil

03/13/2014

Union :


Received Dr. Fuad Masum, chairman of the Kurdistan Alliance bloc , said on Wednesday in Baghdad , Deputy Assistant U.S. Secretary of State in Iraq Brett Makourk , in the presence of Faryad Roandzi leading member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan , said Makourk during the meeting that his current visit to Iraq last for several days and that he was seeking to resolve problems budget and oil between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government , and stressed Makourk during the meeting that the non- ratification of the budget is to disrupt the government and the state , reminding as witnessed by the United States some time ago as a result of disruption of the ratification of the budget of the public because of political differences , and expressed his desire to have access to different views.

For his part , explained the infallible nature of the existing problems between Baghdad and Erbil , and between the official U.S. The existence of a penalty clause in the budget, linking export the provincial government for a specific amount of oil and cut the region's share in the budget in the event of the inability of the region for the fulfillment of this amount is the main sticking point , and confirmed infallible that Kurdish forces would not attend the session on Sunday , but in the case of lifting this paragraph of the budget , and that the Kurdish forces represented in the House of Representatives will make every effort to prevent the first and second readings of the budget bill , but after the cancellation clause clause .

The point of contention the second touched her infallible is the ceiling of oil production in the region and set at 400 thousand barrels per day, which was established by the federal government , which confirms the provincial government that they are unable to comply with this ceiling and confirmed infallible that he must solve the problem , and both parties agreed during the meeting that the roof production is not the issue of nodal and can be solved, and pointed Makourk he had spoken with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Vice President for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani , as well as with officials of the Kurdistan region has two sides reach a solution on the determination of the ability of the region to produce and export oil .

In turn , has revealed that he is infallible and Roandzi two days before the visit Shahristani personal initiative and not representative of the province, not negotiators , although Shahristani expressed flexibility on the size of the desired output of the province.

For his part , touched Roandzi to a dispute about the deposit of oil revenues to the province where explained the positions of the two governments ( federal and provincial ) , noting that the province insists on opening a sub-account in the Development Fund for Iraq and to go the region's share of revenue to the branch of Erbil, the Iraqi Central Bank , while the government says it is committed to the decisions of the Federal internationalism converts fiscal revenue for Iraq to the Development Fund for resolving deductions for Kuwait and then convert the money then to the Central Bank in Baghdad and Erbil branch to him .

On the other hand , said Makourk it ( from the right that the United States play a key role to resolve the problem , but it's not possess a magic wand to end it , and we have been working for six months to solve the problem of oil between Baghdad and Erbil , and have been working for many weeks to resolve the problem of the budget , "and added " the situation is now differed months ago, were not the federal government recognizes the contracts do not extend the oil region 's oil pipeline your region does not sell oil to the region , but all of this has become a reality now of technical and organizational aspects . "

Makourk revealed that he met with al-Maliki and al-Shahristani , Minister of Finance Agency purity of net debt to find a solution to the issue of the 400 thousand barrels per day and there is a tendency to agree on the number and unified national oil production , without reference to the production of the province.

And about raising the penalty clause , Makourk said he would do his utmost to resolve the problem , especially since al-Maliki assured the Americans in previous interviews , stressing that he would work on a truce with the territory.

In terms of revenue finance , said Makourk "It's hard to open a sub-account of the provincial government because this requires measures long and time running out ," he added , " must be urged regional officials to compromise Annie and transitional because it can not search for a durable solution in the remainder of the life of the current government , but that will be possible in the next government , "revealed Makourk he " urged Shahristani to lead a delegation technically small to visit the region, away from the media frenzy to sit down with the Kurdish side in a closed room to search for solutions to existing problems , " said Makourk he would work in this direction also during the remaining days of his visit to Iraq .

 And about cutting the salaries of the staff of the Kurdistan region , said Makourk " We sent a clear message to the federal government 's decision and said that he is building ."

On the other hand , explored Makourk from infallible and Roandzi Tsourathma political map for the next and the changes that Atoukaanha after the Iraqi parliamentary elections scheduled to take place on April 30 next year.

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If I am seeing this right, the U.S. was a mediator, and that is why we had seen 3 changes to the Budget!

And today with the other article that came out and said the Kurds will be at the Sunday's HoR meeting, talking about the First Read of the Budget, it looks like they have worked out a deal!

This is just an Opinion!