Kurdistan Region financial entitlements should be remitted, says head of Iraqi parliament's finance committee
ERBIL (Kurdistan24) – Atwan al-Atwani, the head of the Iraqi parliament's finance committee, on Sunday told Kurdistan24 that Kurdistan Region financial entitlements should be remitted.
“We are in talks with the Ministry of Finance to find an easier way to send the salaries of the Kurdistan Region,” al-Atwani said.
He emphasized the importance of preserving the rights of civil servants in the Kurdistan Region. Additionally, he assured that all necessary measures will be taken to guarantee that civil servants receive their financial benefits.
Meanwhile, the official noted that money transfers to the Kurdistan Region will continue until the digitalization of salary processing is finalized.
“The remittance process will be conducted based on the list and data provided by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance,” he added.
KRG Minister of Finance and Economy Awat Janab Noori, on Saturday said that "we are about to reach an agreement with the Iraqi government on the salaries of the security forces."