Changes to Iraqi federal budget draft violates Erbil-Baghdad agreement: PM Barzani
“The agreement is the bedrock for cooperation between Erbil and Baghdad and the word of parties to it must be honored.”
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – PM Masrour Barzani on Friday underlined that changes to the Iraqi draft federal budget violate the agreement between Erbil and Baghdad.
“A group in the Iraqi parliament’s finance committee introduced changes to the draft federal budget, violating the agreement with Mohammed Shia Al- Sudani’s government,” he tweeted.
“The agreement is the bedrock for cooperation between Erbil and Baghdad and the word of parties to it must be honored.”
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in a statement on Friday also said that these “amendments violate the constitution and undermine the agreement between the KRG and the Iraqi Federal Government.”
The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, in a statement on Friday also expressed concerns regarding the amendments to the federal budget bill.
“We categorically reject them. These changes create an obstacle to the budget agreement [we reached] for the next three fiscal years,” which serves the interest of all Iraqis.
In February, Erbil and Baghdad reached an agreement on Iraq’s 2023 budget.
Moreover, in April, Baghdad and Erbil signed a temporary deal to resume oil exports from the Kurdistan Region.
A group in the Iraqi parliament’s finance committee have introduced changes to the draft federal budget, violating the agreement w/ PM @mohamedshia’s govt.
— Masrour Barzani (@masrourbarzani) May 26, 2023
The agreement is the bedrock for cooperation between Erbil & Baghdad and the word of parties to it must be honored -mb.
