A delegation from the Kurdistan Region will travel to Baghdad today, February 7, to continue talks with Iraqi central government officials over oil and the region's share of the 2021 budget.
A senior member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has decided to form a high-level negotiating team to travel to Baghdad to resolve financial disputes between the two sides before the 2021 budget is approved.
The Iraqi presidency issued a statement saying that President Barham Salih had not objected to the Fiscal Deficit Financing Law passed by the Iraqi parliament last week.