, planned to determine the price to no more than 1250 dinars per liter, indicating that the price of government gasoline will remain 500 dinars, in an effort to overcome the crisis that took place after the events of Mosul.

 In a statement of KRG , received by “Shafaq News", “ a meeting was held  (yesterday) Monday under the supervision of the Deputy Prime Minister , Qubad Talabani in the Presidency of the Council of Ministers building in Erbil to discuss taking the necessary actions concerning the fuel crisis.

The statement said the meeting discussed a mechanism to address the problem of the fuel in Kurdistan region and overcome the current fuel crisis   taking into consideration the current situation in Kurdistan Region and Iraq and all those obstacles faced by the region and the people of Kurdistan.

He added that the meeting which was attended by governors of cities in the region and the supervisor of Garmiyan Department and after an exchange of views and perspectives, Deputy Chairman of KRG announced the necessity of the introduction of trade benzene as soon as possible to the market for citizens, noting that sufficient quantity of gasoline must arrive to the citizens continuously.

Talabani also called during the meeting, according to the statement for the need to take into account the month of Ramadan and the current situation in Kurdistan Region and to work in order to find sound solutions to this crisis.

The meeting decided to give priority to the defense forces of Kurdistan, which stands in the front line in order to protect Kurdistan, indicating that the mechanism for the provision of gasoline will not be through the provinces, but officials from the operations axes said that there be a direct connection wills KRG to ensure the provision of fuel.

The statement noted that the meeting decided to determine the price of trade gasoline by not more than 1,250 dinars per liter, adding that the price of gasoline will remain 500 dinars per liter, to be re-examined in this pricing after two months from now.

The provinces of the region are witnessing a crisis in the fuel as cars are parked in long lines for a share of 30 liters of benzene.

Government officials say that the reason for the crisis is the stop of the arrival of the region's share of hydrocarbons from the federal government after the events of Mosul and the fall of large areas of the provinces of Nineveh, Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Diyala provinces adjacent to the province under the control of “ISIL” militants following the sudden withdrawal of the Iraqi security forces charged with protecting them about three weeks ago.