Kurdistan Region Negotiators Head To Baghdad For 2027 Budget Share
Kurdistan Region delegation meets Iraqi Finance Minister Falih Sari in Baghdad on Saturday for final talks on the 2027 budget draft and the Region’s share.
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - A high-level Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) negotiating delegation is heading to Baghdad for a new round of talks with the Federal Government of Iraq on the Region’s rights and entitlements in the 2027 federal budget, the KRG said in a statement on Friday.
The delegation is expected to arrive in the Iraqi capital on Friday evening, on an official visit. It is scheduled to meet Iraqi Finance Minister Falih Sari and the ministry’s technical team on Saturday, according to Dilan Barzani, Kurdistan24’s correspondent from Baghdad.
Barzan said the main purpose of the visit is to discuss the draft general budget law for 2027, particularly after the KRG formally rejected the share allocated to the Region in the draft.
He added that Saturday’s meeting is regarded as the last round of negotiations between the two sides. Under the work schedule, the Ministry of Finance is due to formally send the draft to the Iraqi Council of Ministers for approval within the coming week.
According to the KRG Department of Media and Information, the delegation consists of the head of the Council of Ministers’ Diwan, the secretary of the Council of Ministers, and the head of the Department of Coordination and Follow-up.
It also includes the deputy minister of natural resources and the directors general of budget and accounting at the Ministry of Finance and Economy.
The statement said the delegation will coordinate with Kurdish representatives in the federal authorities during the visit and hold an official meeting with the federal Ministry of Finance.
The aim is to continue the talks and reach a shared and fair understanding on the Region’s financial and oil obligations, as well as its financial rights and entitlements in the 2027 federal budget.
The draft was recently returned from the Supreme Economic Council to the Ministry of Finance for the necessary amendments and review.
The move followed objections from the Kurdistan Region and several other parties over the financial clauses and the provinces’ shares.