PEC: Baghdad have reached final agreements on outstanding issues with Erbil

Baghdad - INA

The Parliamentary Energy Committee announced that the Baghdad and Erbil governments had reached final agreements on the outstanding issues .

Committee member Amjad Al-Aqabi told the Iraqi News Agency (INA), today, Thursday, that "the visits made by the delegation of the Kurdistan region, headed by Qubad Talabani, to Baghdad led to reaching final understandings and developing radical solutions to the outstanding issues for years."

He pointed out that "the understandings are not only limited to the budget items, but also included the energy files, the oversight bureau and the obligations arising from the Kurdistan region," noting that "these understandings will turn the page on the differences that we witness with each year in the budget law file."

And he added, "The head of the delegation of the region, Qubad Talabani, pledged during his talks in Baghdad the commitment of the Kurdistan region, to the obligations arising from it," noting that "the understandings granted the Federal Office of Financial Supervision its presence over the institutions of the region, as well as its supervision over the ports of Kurdistan."