KRG: Our legal team meets in Baghdad regarding the oil file

Baghdad-INA
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced on Thursday, that its legal team is meeting in Baghdad on the oil file, while indicating that it is calling for a real partnership with Baghdad.

The spokesman for KRG, Jutiar Adel, said, in a press conference, attended by the reporter of the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "There are common points between Erbil and Baghdad, and our first step is to activate the Electoral Commission," noting that "visits to Baghdad will focus on controversial points."

He added, "The rate of 12.67 percent for the region is unfair to Kurdistan," noting that "this figure was set on the basis of the ration card in 2014, but the number of citizens of the region has increased since that time until now."

He explained, "When the budget was cut off from Baghdad in 2014, we were forced to export oil abroad to secure the sums and expenses," noting that "the issue of oil and gas in Iraq has a problem, due to the lack of legislation."

Adel pointed out, "Our legal team is now in Baghdad, regarding the oil file," explaining that "there is an oil transfer agreement with Turkey, not selling it for fifty years, and this news is incorrect."

He stressed, "The regional government is calling for a real partnership with Baghdad, and we believe that the agreement between the two governments is in the interest of all, and our participation with Baghdad is on the basis of federalism," noting that "a meeting was held between the central and regional governments, and several issues were discussed, including the prime minister's visit France and the roads and bridges project, as there are good understandings between Kurdistan and the countries."