Barzani approves Kurdistan region’s 2010 budget

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: President of Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani ratified on Wednesday the 2010 budget and sent it back to the parliament, a media advisor of the parliament’s speaker said. “The draft law will be sent to the parliament and the government to be implemented,” Tareq Jouhar told IraqiNews.com news agency. Prime Minister Barham Saleh had announced on January 19, 2010 that his government approved the 2010 general budget draft law which reached 11.433 trillion Iraqi dinars ($9.7 billion). SH (P) 1