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Baghdad didn’t adhere to oil agreement, says Barzani

 Baghdad didn’t adhere to oil agreement, says Barzani

The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani

The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani
The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani

(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani accused on Sunday the central government of failing to honor the oil agreement between Baghdad and Erbil, noting that the region does not mind if Baghdad wishes to deal with the region as an “oil consumer,” while called on the central government to pay trillion and 200 billion dinars.

Barzani said at a news conference in Sulaimaniyah attended by IraqiNews.com, “The agreement with Baghdad was on the basis of the Iraqi budget for 2015, under which the Kurdistan region export 550 thousand barrels of oil through SOMO company,” pointing out that, “Baghdad must adhere to pay trillion and 200 billion dinars for the Kurdistan region.”

Barzani added, “We are committed to the convention, but Baghdad has not adhered to the agreement so far and we hope to abide by it,” noting that, “If Baghdad wishes to deal with the region as an oil consumer, we do not mind, but it must conclude a new agreement.”

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