Day: August 15, 2020
During a contact with Barzani .. Al-Kazemi decides to send 320 billion dinars to Erbil
Kurdistan Region
Masrour Barzani
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Mustafa Al-Kazemi
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2020-08-15 15:16
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Shafaq News / On Saturday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi decided to send an amount of 320 billion dinars to Erbil as part of the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees.
This came in a phone call with the head of the regional government, Masrour Barzani, according to a statement issued by the regional government.
The statement received by Shafaq News stated that Al-Kazemi and Barzani discussed the differences and outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, and agreed on the main frameworks for their solution.
The statement added, “It was emphasized that the constitution is the basis for resolving all disputes, and the specificity of the Kurdistan Region and the interests of all Iraqi components must be taken into account.”
The two sides stressed, according to the statement, the need to “move forward in negotiations to complete the results that emerged from them over the past months.”
He added that it was decided to send an amount of 320 billion dinars as part of the salaries from Baghdad to the Kurdistan region, according to the current financial conditions in Iraq and as soon as possible.
The Kurdistan Regional Government had expressed, on Wednesday, its deep dissatisfaction with Baghdad’s failure to pay the salaries of the region’s employees, despite Erbil’s approval of all its conditions.
And Erbil accused the federal government of stalling in concluding an agreement on the pending differences between the two sides for years, especially those related to the fiscal and oil budget files.
The Federal Ministry of Finance responded by accusing Erbil of not showing flexibility in the file of the border crossings and non-oil revenues.
And Baghdad proceeded to cut the salaries of the region’s employees last April, after the government then led by Adel Abdul Mahdi said that Erbil had not fulfilled its budgetary obligations to deliver 250 thousand barrels of oil to the federal government, which denied the provincial government’s health.
Over the past few months, the two sides have been engaged in intensive discussions to reach an agreement to resolve the outstanding issues.
During a contact with Barzani .. Al-Kazemi decides to send 320 billion dinars to Erbil
Kurdistan Region
Masrour Barzani
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Mustafa Al-Kazemi
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2020-08-15 14:59
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Shafaq News / On Saturday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kazemi decided to send an amount of 320 billion dinars to Erbil as part of the salaries of Kurdistan Region employees.
This came in a phone call with the head of the regional government, Masrour Barzani, according to a statement issued by the regional government.
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During a contact with Barzani .. Al-Kazemi decides to send 320 billion dinars to Erbil
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Masrour Barzani
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Mustafa Al-Kazemi
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During a contact with Barzani .. Al-Kazemi decides to send 320 billion dinars to Erbil
Finance announces the position on employee salaries for the month of August
Sweeteners 08/15/2020 19:47 6317 Editor: ht
Baghdad today – Baghdad
An informed source at the Ministry of Finance revealed, on Saturday, August 15, 2020, the country’s financial position regarding the distribution of employees’ salaries for the month of August.
The source said in an interview with (Baghdad Today), “The ministry is serious about distributing the salaries of employees for the month of August on time and during its known times in the coming days.”
He added that “any directive by the ministry to delay the salaries of the month of August is absolutely correct.”
An informed source revealed, on Friday, that the Ministry of Finance had stopped paying employees’ salaries for the current month of August.
The source said, “The Ministry of Finance has stopped sending funding and financial allocation to all ministries and state institutions for the month of August to all banks for the purpose of distributing employees’ salaries.”
He pointed out that “the delayed payment of salaries for the current month of August may be repeated, like its predecessors in the past months, and may be postponed until the end of this month.”
A member of the Union accuses the Kurdistan government of procrastination to prevent resolving the outstanding issues with Baghdad, and reveals the reason
Policy 08/15/2020 20:20 130 Editor: ht
Baghdad today – Kurdistan
A member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Hawkar al-Jaff, Saturday, August 15, 2020, accused the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the regional government of procrastinating and not agreeing with Baghdad to resolve the outstanding issues between the two parties, while he revealed the reason behind this matter.
Al-Jaf said in a special statement to (Baghdad Today), that “the Democratic Party and the regional government want to procrastinate and not agree with Baghdad, because they are waiting for the election of a new federal government after holding early elections, so they do not want to deliver oil due to suspicions of corruption that hover around it and its relatively high price.” “.
The co-chair of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Lahore Sheikh Genki, had confirmed in a tweet to him on Twitter that “work will continue until a comprehensive agreement is reached with Baghdad,” despite the Kurdistan government’s release of a statement accusing Baghdad of renouncing its transgressions.
He added that “the tweet of the co-chair of the Union Party, Lahore Sheikh Genki, is a matter of concern for the citizens of the region who suffer because of the lack of payment of their salaries, and the procrastination and procrastination are borne by the regional government and its talks about Baghdad’s damage to the political entity of Kurdistan are political auctions that the Kurdish citizen is tired of.”
He pointed out that “the Patriotic Union will press for the signing of the comprehensive agreement because it cannot let our citizens suffer because of the political bids.”
Sources from Kurdistan revealed that there is a move to collect signatures from employees in Sulaymaniyah and link them directly to the federal government.
The Kurdistan Regional Government had confirmed, on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, that Baghdad was not ready to respond despite the fact that Kurdistan had provided all the constitutional justifications, expressing its strong dissatisfaction with the federal government’s procrastination in sending salaries.
The government said in a statement, “The Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region held its regular session on Wednesday headed by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, through a closed-circuit television system (video conference),” indicating that “at the beginning of the meeting, a discussion took place. The current financial situation in the Kurdistan region and the results of the talks between the regional government and the federal government.
She added, “The Council of Ministers is the price of the efforts made by the regional government delegation to negotiate with the federal government,” noting that “the Kurdistan Regional Government did not leave any constitutional, legal, administrative or financial justification except and presented it during the discussions in order to reach an agreement.”
And she continued, “The region agreed to all the conditions of the federal government within the framework of the constitution, but the federal government, unfortunately, has not, for more than three months, shown any willingness to send the part of the salaries that it was sending, which led to the inability of the regional government to disburse financial dues to those who They receive salaries, and this has cast a shadow and negative effects on the living situation for those who deserve salaries in the midst of the difficult health situation that the region faces.
After that, the Federal Ministry of Finance responded, on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, to the statement of the Kurdistan Regional Government, which accused Baghdad of procrastinating in the file of sending the salaries of the region’s employees.
The text of the statement came as follows:
“The Federal Ministry of Finance expresses its surprise at the statement issued by the Council of Ministers of the Kurdistan Region today, Wednesday (August 12, 2020) regarding the results of the discussions related to financial payments and the organization of federal imports and border crossings between the federal government and the regional government.
The Ministry affirms that the dialogue has made advanced strides, and that the federal government has launched since the beginning of the dialogue from concern for the rights of the citizens of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and ensuring that their salaries are secured, especially after it became clear that the financial payments sent to the Ministry of Finance of the region did not reach all the beneficiaries, in addition to receiving requests Signed by tens of thousands of regional employees to achieve linking of their salaries through banking mechanisms.
And that the Ministry of Finance, confirming that the regional government’s statement lacked the required accuracy in determining the basis of the problem, especially with the great flexibility provided by the federal government to facilitate reaching an agreement that serves the people of Iraqi Kurdistan, it indicates at the same time that the federal government and within its constitutional rights to secure border crossings and monitor Imports and customs deductions, I put forward the principle of partnership contained in Article 114 (First) of the Constitution to secure control over border crossings in the region.
In this regard, it can be noted that the regional government’s failure to show sufficient flexibility to resolve this issue, and then attempt to blame the federal government for financial payments before resolving aspects related to imports, represents an unacceptable disclaimer of responsibility, in exchange for the federal government’s keenness to secure employees ’demands And retirees and eligible citizens within the legal frameworks and contexts, and in a manner that does not allow them to be deducted or wasted.
The basis for the discussions came within the framework of the letter sent by the Ministry of Finance to the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government No. 802 dated May 19, 2020, which includes the payment of the Ministry of Finance an amount of 400 billion Iraqi dinars for the month of April, and the entry into intensive meetings to reach a final settlement between the two sides Within a period of one month, the Federal Financial Management Law will be approved as a basis for it, including counting non-oil imports to the region and checking them before sending any additional financial payments.
The international coalition identifies the parties that target its supply convoys: Some equipment for the Iraqi forces
Time: 08/15/2020 20:08:28
{Baghdad: Al Furat News} The international coalition accused “outlaw groups” of targeting convoys of supplies and equipment belonging to it on the external roads, in Iraq, which have increased recently.
“There have been some attacks on logistical support convoys, which are Iraqi vehicles and are piloted by Iraqi drivers. These attacks happen by outlaw groups to attract attention only, and by doing so they put the Iraqis in,” Director of Public Affairs and spokesperson for the Coalition Forces Command, Colonel Miles Keynes, said in a press statement. A dangerous situation, as there are no forces that are allied with these convoys or walk on the roads at all. ”
“These attacks only destroyed equipment that the coalition forces intended to give to the Iraqi security forces, as well as destroying some equipment that the coalition forces intended to send outside the country to other (coalition) bases,” he stressed. Therefore, we condemn these attacks that harm Iraqis and always harm Iraqi actions. .
“An example of this is the attack that took place in recent days near the Taji base, north of the capital, Baghdad, where there was a cargo vehicle that caught fire, and the Iraqi firefighters (civil defense) came to extinguish the burning vehicle, and at a time when the Iraqi firefighter was extinguishing the fire that occurred before,” he continued. Outlaw forces (in the wheel). If this matter coincides with a fire in the house of someone in the Tarmiyah district (near the site of the event) and calls the fire brigade, he will not find the firefighter because he was busy extinguishing the fire in the wheel that the outlaw forces attacked.
“As explained by our friend, the spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasul, the Iraqi side is responsible for protecting the convoys carrying supplies and equipment for the (US-led) coalition forces,” he said.
“Since 2014, the coalition forces have equipped the Iraqi government with equipment worth more than $ 5 billion, and some examples of this equipment are the black hammers of the Counter-Terrorism Service, as well as the AC2 planes used by the Iraqi army aviation launch Hellfire missiles and they were fired,” the International Coalition spokesperson added. About 200,000 rockets against the terrorist ISIS, each missile costing $ 700,000, and another example of the equipment that the international coalition contributed are the watch towers on the Iraqi-Syrian border, which helped limit the infiltration of ISIS elements between the two countries.
A number of logistical support convoys and equipment destined for the US forces were attacked and burned on the external road between Basra, Dhi Qar and Baghdad without any casualties in all of them, while the damage was represented by burning those vehicles and their loads of insured or armored vehicles.
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Barzani calls for unity to overcome the crises of the Kurdistan Region
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Masrour Barzani
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2020-08-15 12:32
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Shafaq News / The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani called, on Saturday, the political forces and parties in the region to unite ranks to overcome the crises afflicting the region.
This came in a congratulatory message sent by Barzani on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the establishment of the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the birth of the Kurdish leader, Massoud Barzani.
Masrour Barzani said in the message, “The establishment of the Kurdistan Democratic Party was a turning point in the history of our people’s movement, as all liberals lined up under the leadership of the spiritual father of our nation, the immortal Barzani, who revived the spirit of resistance and defense in the souls of all patriots.”
He continued, “During the long history of resistance to oppression and oppression and the battle to protect and preserve the national identity of our people, the Democratic Party has established epics and managed to extract many gains, thus it was a steel fortress for all the people of Kurdistan in all parts and all liberals along the Middle East region.”
Barzani added, “The Kurdistan Democratic Party and Barzani have become a symbol for defending the rights of the people of Kurdistan, and therefore all the enemy’s plans are being run around the Democratic Party and all this did not change anything and the democrat did not bend, but rather pushed the Kurdish spirit to become a reality on the international political map.”
He added that the Kurdish leader and party leader Masoud Barzani, “as a national leader, whether on the battle fronts against enemies and terrorists, or at the diplomatic level, embodied the will of the people of Kurdistan, strengthened the culture of tolerance and increased the people’s confidence in their legitimate rights.”
And he added, “We salute this memory today at a time when a health and economic crisis is ravaging the region and the region,” adding that “the best way to overcome this crisis is the unity of our ranks at home, and I hope all parties will join our efforts to overcome all differences and solve the region’s problems through dialogue and by peaceful means.” “.
“On this occasion, I congratulate the families of the martyrs, the people of the Anfal, the martyrs of chemical weapons and the political detainees of our people. I wish on this blessed occasion the long life of President Barzani and I hope that all the goals of our people will be achieved under his banner.”
Erbil is demanding money and Baghdad accuses it of theft .. The financial crisis ignites the salary battle between the center and the region
Political | 01:19 – 15/08/2020
BAGHDAD – Mawazine News
Iraq is witnessing a public spar between the federal authorities in Baghdad and the semi-autonomous Kurdish region administration in Erbil regarding employee salaries, in a scene that reflects the depth of the financial crisis that Iraq suffers due to the low oil prices on the one hand and the spread of the Corona epidemic and the negative effects it has on the economies of countries On the other hand.
The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq expressed its “strong dissatisfaction with the federal government’s procrastination in sending salaries,” while the federal government in Baghdad responded by expressing its surprise at the Kurdish position regarding “the results of discussions related to financial payments, the organization of imports and border crossings between the federal government and the regional government,” accusing the authorities Kurdish indirectly stole the salaries of their employees that come from Baghdad.
Baghdad wants to put its hand on the largest amount of sources that attract money in the Kurdish region, such as taxes and revenues from border crossings, and others, before paying the salaries of employees working within the Kurdistan Regional Government, which the Kurdish authorities refuse to accept.
After a meeting that was held on Wednesday via a television circuit, the Kurdish regional government said that it “did not leave any constitutional, legal, administrative or financial justification unless it presented it during the discussions in order to reach an agreement, and the region agreed to all the conditions of the federal government within the framework of the constitution, but the federal government, Unfortunately, for more than three months, she has not shown any willingness to send the part of the salaries that she was sending, which led to the regional government being unable to disburse financial dues to those who receive salaries.
The Kurdish authorities believe that the Kurdistan region, “like all other parts of Iraq, gives it the right to receive the salaries of its employees, as the citizens of the region and the rest of the country should not be distinguished, especially with regard to salaries, and this is a constitutional right,” expressing their displeasure. About the negative position of the Federal Government.
The regional government called on “the federal government to respond to the serious efforts made by” Erbil “with the aim of resolving the problems radically according to the constitution, in a manner that ensures its respect for constitutional rights and entitlements and fulfilling its constitutional obligations towards the region.
The regional government called on the President of the Republic, Barham Salih (a Kurd), the ministers and representatives of the Kurdistan region in the House of Representatives, to “defend the financial and constitutional rights and entitlements of the people of the Kurdistan region.”
However, the Federal Ministry of Finance responded that the salaries it sends to Kurdistan employees do not reach those who deserve it, in an indirect accusation of Kurdish political parties of stealing public money.
Baghdad and Erbil have failed since 2003 to build firm agreements on the form of the relationship between the center and the region, the mechanism for sharing wealth, controlling resources and outlets, and distributing financial returns.
Despite the close personal relationship between Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi and Masoud Barzani, the leader of the largest Kurdish party, the Kurdistan Democrat who dominates the positions of Prime Minister and President of the Region in Iraqi Kurdistan, tensions over salaries have escalated between Baghdad and Erbil recently.
Under an agreement dating back to the government of former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and specifically concluded by the then Minister of Oil, Adel Abdul Mahdi, Erbil must deliver to Baghdad every day 250 thousand barrels of oil produced in Kurdish lands, provided that the federal government covers the region’s expenses, including the salaries of its employees.
However, contracts concluded with foreign companies in mysterious circumstances have mortgaged Kurdish oil for many years to come, which limits the ability of the region’s authorities to act directly on it.
Therefore, the agreement between Baghdad and Erbil was later amended, to continue on the basis of calculating the value of two hundred and fifty thousand barrels per day and then deducting it later from the share of the Kurdish region that is included in the annual federal budget.
This agreement continued until the winter of 2017, when Barzani insisted on holding a referendum among the inhabitants of the Kurdish region regarding their desire to secede from Iraq, prompting the Abadi government to cut all salaries from Kurdistan and besiege it militarily.
Among the losses Barzani incurred because of his insistence on the referendum at the time was his compulsion to respond to Baghdad, which wants to partially control the land outlets between the Kurdish region and Turkey and Iran, as well as the airports of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah.
The Kurdistan government hoped to amend the agreement with Baghdad on controlling ports and airports, and to cut the link of this file with the issue of paying the salaries of the region’s employees with the previous government led by its friend, Adel Abdul Mahdi, without making any progress.
When Al-Kazemi took over the reins of the Iraqi government, many expected that the differences between Baghdad and Erbil would be resolved, given the deep friendship that binds the Prime Minister to Barzani, but the collapse of oil prices in conjunction with the outbreak of the Corona epidemic hit Iraqi oil revenues in deaths, dropping them to less than a third of their general average.
This situation prompted Baghdad to search for resources that would help fuel oil in feeding the public treasury, thus placing the revenues of border crossings, airports and ports at the forefront of its list of concerns.
The Kurdish authorities control the two largest land ports of Iraq with Turkey and Iran, and do not pay the federal government anything from their very large revenues, and the region also has an airport in Erbil and another in Sulaymaniyah, which operate regular flights to Turkey, the Gulf, Europe and many other countries and generate millions of dollars that do not get Baghdad from them on something.
Observers believe that the best that Baghdad achieved in its connection with the Kurdish region came in the last year of the Al-Abadi government, which imposed a full federal partnership in managing the region’s ports and airports, and that all that happened after that was a gradual disavowal by Erbil from adhering to vital provisions in the 2017 agreement. A / 43
A deputy denies the cancellation of the Kurdish delegation’s visit to Baghdad and confirms: A comprehensive agreement will be signed during the coming period
08/15/2020 14:46
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Baghdad / The obelisk: The deputy of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Hassan Ali, revealed, on Saturday August 15, 2020, the fact that the visit of the Kurdish delegation to the capital Baghdad has been canceled, while confirming that the situation between Baghdad and Erbil has never reached a dead end.
In an interview with the media, which was followed by Al-Masalla, Ali said that last week, things became very complicated due to statements and media statements, but contacts between officials from both sides are still continuing.
He added that the initiative of the President of the Republic and his call for understanding had a good effect, indicating that there will be development in the coming days, and the visit of the Kurdish delegation has not been canceled, but so far the date has not been set and pending the results of contacts and exchanged messages.
He explained that the agreement is still in place, and there are some observations from the federal government and the conditions and work is underway to reform them, stressing that in the end an understanding will be made and a comprehensive agreement signed during the coming period.
On Saturday August 15, 2020, the MP for State of Law, Kata Al-Rikabi, proposed solutions to end the tensions between Baghdad and Erbil, while noting that they begin forming committees.
Al-Rikabi said in a press statement followed by Al-Masalla that it was not the first time that tensions rose between the center and the region regarding issues of salaries and financial entitlements. Paragraphs and the agreement passes, but after a month or two of the agreement’s life, tensions and obstacles return to what they were, and the region did not abide by what was agreed upon.
He added that the financial distress cast a shadow over the opinion of the current government, and its opinion was different from the usual views every year, so the Ministry of Finance demanded clarifications from the region regarding the money it received, and it is clear that the regional government did not respond to the central government’s claims and show the details, so the response of the Ministry was The region has a message of limitations or tensions, which is what increased tensions between the region and the center.
Al-Rikabi pointed out that the solutions that contribute to ending these tensions start with the formation of committees from the region and enter into a serious dialogue with the central government, in which all obstacles are dissolved, indicating that the overall solutions are clear and the region should abide by the pledges and the agreement that is made with the central government.
He continued that the government’s agreement with the region does not involve any wrongdoing in the region, but the central government will bear its responsibilities towards this agreement, however the region has not adhered to this agreement, noting that the region’s repeated calls to the center regarding employee salaries have raised the center’s questions about the reason for the delay in the distribution of salaries in The region is responsible for the employees, at the time when the center delivered the salary dues to the region.
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