PUK Leader, Iraqi FM to Meet Prime Minister Sudani Over Kurdistan Region Salary Dispute
Kalari said that despite ongoing tensions, “efforts have not yet reached a deadlock and continue,” emphasizing that the high-level meeting aims to address the unresolved issue of public employee salaries in the Kurdistan Region.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Bafel Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein are scheduled to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday night in Baghdad, Iraqi lawmaker Shwan Kalari told Kurdistan24.
Kalari said that despite ongoing tensions, “efforts have not yet reached a deadlock and continue,” emphasizing that the high-level meeting aims to address the unresolved issue of public employee salaries in the Kurdistan Region.
He added that Talabani and Hussein are also expected to hold further discussions with other Iraqi leaders on Wednesday night, underlining the political nature of the salary delays.
“The issue of salaries for the Kurdistan Region’s public employees is political,” Kalari noted.
“There is no problem with the Kurdistan Region’s oil share,” Kalari added, criticizing Baghdad's financial policies. “The Iraqi government pays Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon, but they don’t pay the Kurdistan Region.”
The salary dispute remains one of the main points of contention between the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the federal government in Baghdad.
