Barzani: we'll deduct 17% of the oil revenues, and we will hand over the rest to Baghdad

Admin Wed May 28, 2014 9:47 pm

May 28, 2014

Baghdad - The head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani, Wednesday, that the province will charge 17% of the oil revenue and will hand over the rest to Baghdad, adding that the province could export 250 000 barrels per day, was charged with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to "cut" the salaries of the staff of the province.

Barzani said during hosted in front of Parliament today and I followed with "Alsumaria News", that "the province deduct 17% of the oil revenue and will hand over the rest to Baghdad," noting that "the province issued its oil according to the oil law issued by the parliament in 2013." Barzani said that "the region can Currently the export of 250 000 barrels per day and that he was seeking to raise exports to 500 000 barrels per day, the end of the current year, "he said, adding that he was" ready to subdue the export of oil to the parliament of Kurdistan to view all aspects and in all transparency.

and said Barzani that "the region follows the same mechanism carried out by SOMO in the sale of oil and is committed to transparency, "pointing out that" the export is an important step in the direction of economic independence for the region. " He Barzani that "the Kurdistan region he has two choices: either the delivery or take a step to export oil," and accused "al-Maliki to cut Territory's budget and staff salaries. " and hosted by the Parliament of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, earlier on Wednesday (May 28, 2014), head of the provincial government Nechirvan Barzani to clarify the causes of the financial crisis in Kurdistan and the export of oil to the world market, while stressing Barzani of the parliament that the constitution where there is no paragraph authorizes SOMO exclusively sell oil.

criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, on Tuesday (May 27, 2014) during a meeting at the government palace heads of missions of foreign countries operating in Baghdad, the authorities of the Kurdistan region of Iraqi oil exports without coordination with the central government, describing the operation as closer to the "theft."

And demanded the Oil Ministry, on Tuesday, the Kurdistan region to stop oil smuggling across the border immediately and to disclose the fate of the financial revenues of the activities of oil over the past years, and in believing that this is a violation of sovereignty and national wealth, bore any entity or company or person involved in the purchase or transfer of this oil legal consequences and criminal implications. referred to as the Oil Ministry announced that, in (23 May 2014), for filing a lawsuit against the Ministry of Natural Resources in the Kurdistan region for its oil exports without the consent of Baghdad, confirmed the start of legal proceedings against Turkey and company Botas for violating the agreement signed between the two countries in 2010.

noteworthy that Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz announced, in (22 May 2014) that the Kurdistan region of Iraq began exporting the first shipment of crude oil through the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean despite the conflict has existed since long with Baghdad about the sharing of oil revenues.

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