An oil agreement paves the way for announcing a comprehensive budget in the coming days
Information/Baghdad… A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Wafaa Muhammad Karim, revealed today, Monday, that there is a presence to deliver Kurdistan’s oil to Baghdad to proceed with an oil agreement within the terms of the 2023 budget, while he indicated that there are more than 30 illegal outlets for oil smuggling in the region.
Karim said in a televised interview, followed by the information agency, that “the delegation of the Kurdistan region, for the first time, participated in writing the draft general financial budget in coordination with the federal government in Baghdad.”
He added, “The salaries of employees in Kurdistan will be paid from the 14% share of the budget for the region for the year 2023.”
Karim pointed out that “more than 30 illegal outlets are used by the owners of al-Qaqjaq to smuggle oil in the Kurdistan region.”
Yesterday, Sunday, the representative of the State of Law coalition, Ahmed Al-Watifi, confirmed in a statement to Al-Maalouma that the governments of Baghdad and Erbil have reached an integrated road map to resolve the crises, indicating that parliamentary consensus exists and is awaiting the budget to be passed.
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