URGENT / Kurdistan Region’s President approves its 2011 budget

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: The president of north Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, has approved the Region’s 2011 Budget, estimated at 13 trillion, 940 billion (b) dinars (US$11 billion, 583 million approx.), the Region’s media director said on Sunday.   “The President of Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, has approved the Region’s budget for the year 2011, last Thursday, after long discussions by the Region’s Presidency Commission,” Simko Anwar told IraqiNews.com news agency, adding that the announcement about the approval had been announced for all government offices in the Region.   Noteworthy is that Kurdistan Parliament had held its first session to discuss the budget’s project on 16/5/2011 and its Council of Ministers had ratified it on Feb. 27 last, estimated at 13 trillion (t) and 940 billion (b) Iraqi dinars (US$11 billion and 583 millions approx).   SKH (TS)/SR 820