“The office of Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki had sent during the past few days a letter to the Ministry of Finance includes approval to send the salaries of February exclusively to Kurdistan ,” The deputy of the Minister of Finance , Fadel Nabi said an interview with " Shafaq News “.

Nabi added, it is true that I announced my resignation, but I am continuing in the work the ministry, indicating that the ministry has sent a letter to the Iraqi Central Bank to pay the amounts allocated to employees' salaries of   February only to the region .

He said that the amount allocated for this purpose will arrive to the region within two days.

It is worth mentioning that crisis of voting on the budget of the draft general in Iraq for the current year has overshadowed employees and retirees of the region after differences between Baghdad and Erbil on the issue of oil export led the federal government to cut salaries for the region for the past two months .