Friday, December 4, 2009

Talks to resume Oil Contracts Between Erbil and Baghdad after Eid al-Adha

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Talks to resume oil contracts between Erbil and Baghdad after Eid al-Adha

November 23 2009

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Spokesman said the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq Kawa Mahmoud Shaker said discussions pending between the central and regional governments will resume soon, and that the Council of Ministers will discuss the formation of the Kurdistan Region and the official delegation to the talks in the next few days ...

The spokesman attributed the reasons for delaying the resumption of talks between Baghdad and Erbil to preoccupation with Iraq and the region many of the pressing issues in the forefront of Iraqi Election Law

According to a source close to Prime Minister Barham Saleh, the talks will resume at the latest after Eid al-Adha, and will include the various outstanding issues in the forefront of constitutional article 140 for the normalization of the disputed areas and oil contracts and the budget of the Peshmerga

The bumper on the belief that it is very difficult to resolve all these differences because of the approaching parliamentary elections and said, "It is expected that the current central government risks making concessions to the Government of the Territory in such circumstances Almichjnp towards the Kurds" in Baghdad

Did not rule out the source of the regional government, "the potential for progress in the form of understandings that close to the final disposition of the files, to be transferred to the central government after the formation of the next", and expressed his belief that the future government in Baghdad will be able to resolve those differences, P "Government Maliki did not come out and blame one step towards the solution over the years of its mandate ", as far as appreciation

The outstanding issues between Baghdad and Arbil are limited to oil contracts signed by the Government of the Territory with a number of foreign companies and has refused to recognize the Iraqi Ministry of Oil being exceeded by the Center, as well as the normalization of the situation of Kirkuk, according to Article 140 of the Constitution, and finally the question of allocating a special budget for the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and link configurations Iraqi Defense Ministry.

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