Shafaq News / Kurdistan Regional Government confirmed on Monday that the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) deposited a sum of money in its account in order to distribute the salaries of employees and workers in the public sector in the region.

Government spokesman Jutiar Adel said in a statement that "unfortunately in the past days and for several reasons, the dispatch of salaries to employees of Kurdistan Regional Government by Baghdad has stopped."

He added that "with the efforts of Masrour Barzani, the Prime Minister of the regional government, the Iraqi Central Bank deposited a sum of money in the account of   Kurdistan government," noting that from today salaries will begin to be distributed.