Meeting of Bloc’s Head in parliament ends without results

“Shafaq News” reporter said that “ the conferees finished the meeting and went to the hall of the parliament without casting any statement to reporters“.

The meeting discussions focused on the issue of exporting oil by the region, in addition to the lack of liquidity in the banks of the region , causing a delay in paying salaries and employee benefits in the region for the current month and the delayed arrival of the region's share of the budget for the past month .

Iraqi Minister of Commerce, Khairallah Hassan revealed that the president of Kurdistan Regional Government has sent a letter to Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs , Hussein al-Shahristani on ways to resolve the outstanding problems between the region and Baghdad .

The Minister added that al-Shahristani received the letter last Tuesday and it included several proposals to end the problems that accompany the discussion issue on the budget of each year , in addition to the issue of the disposition of natural resources , especially after signing an oil agreement between the region and Turkey .

Shahristani said yesterday that Kurdistan Region has responded to a proposal submitted by the federal government in Baghdad to resolve the oil dispute .

He added that Iraq welcomes exporting oil from Kurdistan , but the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO ) must manage the sales.

Shahristani informed in a press conference in Baghdad that the response of Kurdistan Region came three weeks after sending the federal government’s proposal, refusing to disclose the content of the reply.

Kurdistan Region completed last year the establishment of a separate pipeline to export oil to Turkey , a step that angered Baghdad, which says it that it has the only right to exploit and export of all the country's reserves of crude .

The region called last month who wants to buy its oil to register themselves with the Marketing Organization of Petroleum in Kurdistan « KOMO » and said that it plans to sell the first shipment by the end of the month. However, al-Shahristani reiterated his warning to traders who are studying the Kurdish crude shipping from the Turkish port of Ceyhan and advised Ankara again not to allow export without the approval of Baghdad.