Baghdad - Kurdistan negotiations fail

A political source said early for " Shafaq News " , that “ the delegation took proposals from the Iraqi government regarding the problems of the general budget , while the Kurdish side presented its proposals for the delegation to deliver them to the presidency of the Iraqi government .

The Iraqi delegation composed of al-Suhail as well as Chairman of Kurdistan Alliance , Fuad Masum , Adnan al-Janabi who represented " Sunni " parties in the parliament.

The delegation held a meeting with the Kurdish side, which was chaired by President of the Region’s Presidium, Fouad Hussein, Minister of Natural Resources in Kurdistan Regional Government, Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Planning, Ali al-Sindi and the Kurdish government spokesman , Safeen Dazia .

On proposals for the region to resolve the existing problems with Baghdad, the source said that Erbil demanded Baghdad for the budget to include a general clause stipulating that Iraq can export three million and 400 000 barrels of oil per day , instead of the current paragraph , which states that Iraq issue the same amount but Kurdistan must export 400 000 barrels of oil per day , if not its share of the budget will be deducted .

The source noted that Erbil asked not to refer to the name of Kurdistan Region in this paragraph, stressing that Iraq exported that amount only.

He added that the Kurdish delegation also called to cancel the punitive paragraphs in the budget against the region so that Kurds can vote on them.

The Baghdadi delegation left Erbil this morning.