Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani confirmed on Monday that his meeting with Prime Minister Ali Faleh Al-Zaydi resulted in very fruitful outcomes that serve the interests of Iraq as a whole and of the region, including matters related to the budget and ensuring the continuation of salary payments in the Kurdistan Region, while also indicating an agreement on a suitable mechanism for other financial entitlements.
Barzani stated, in a statement after his meeting with Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaydi, which was followed by the News Video Agency, that "a delegation from the Kurdistan Region visited Baghdad and held a very fruitful and important meeting with the Prime Minister and the ministers concerned with finance and oil, as well as other parties that participated in the meeting."
He added that "the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan Region were affirmed, including the financial entitlements of the region, and we reached very good and fruitful results that serve the overall interests of Iraq and the interests of the Kurdistan Region as well."
Regarding the budget issue, he confirmed "reaching an agreement with the Prime Minister that is sufficient to ensure the continuation of salary payments in the Kurdistan Region."
As for the other financial entitlements, he indicated that "an understanding was reached regarding them and a suitable mechanism was put in place."
He continued that "the two sides have made good progress in the existing understandings between them and the federal government, particularly concerning the allocation of the Kurdistan Region as a single region and a single budget for the entire region," expressing his satisfaction with these "results, and that their fruitful outcomes would be a source of joy for all the people of the Kurdistan Region as well."
Regarding the Kor Mor field, Barzani emphasized that "the two sides agreed on the need to put an end to attacks targeting oil and gas facilities," stressing the condemnation of such attacks anywhere in Iraq, especially the economic infrastructure related to the lives of citizens.
He noted that "a committee of inquiry has been formed regarding this issue in order to reach a conclusion," expressing his hope that every criminal involved in this case receives their legal due.
In the oil file, Barzani confirmed that "the two sides agreed to be partners in shaping an oil policy for all of Iraq, as well as increasing oil production throughout the country."