The delegation was dispatched to the Iraqi capital on Thursday where they will meet their counterparts and Kurdish lawmakers who are members of the parliamentary committee for economic and financial affairs, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Spokesperson Safin Dizayi said.
The KRG is unhappy about its share from the federal budget bill suggested for the fiscal year of 2019. According to the constitution, the region makes up 17% of the total population of Iraq while Baghdad has granted only 12% from the overall budget to the Kurds.
“Even for the international loans, Baghdad excludes Kurdistan when it receives the loan, but it obliges us to share it when its time to pay back,” Dizayi was qouted by BasNews as saying.
However, the spokesperson believes that there are chances of resolving the prolonged disputes between Erbil and Baghdad, and that the KRG is working to find solutions soon.
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<p style="text-align:left">A delegation from Kurdistan Region&rsquo;s ministry of finance has traveled to Baghdad to discuss the disputes over Iraq&rsquo;s budget bill of 2019, including Erbil&rsquo;s share.
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