ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from the Kurdistan Region’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) will visit Baghdad on Sunday to express its concerns to Iraqi allies regarding Baghdad’s alleged failure to comply with its oil and budget agreements with Erbil, said a KDP official on Saturday. Viyan Sabri, head of KDP’s bloc in the Iraqi parliament, told Rudaw’s Sangar Abdulrahman on Saturday that a top delegation from the party will visit Baghdad on Sunday to meet with the State Administration Coalition, which has formed the current Iraqi cabinet. She said that they are “concerned” that the coalition has not implemented points they agreed on before the formation of the government regarding the issues of budget as well as oil and gas. Iraq passed its highly contentious budget in June and the Kurdistan Region’s share is 12.6 percent. In recent days, Baghdad sent the monthly share of the Region but Erbil claims that Baghdad violated the budget law and they were expecting more money to be sent. Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Wednesday reviewed the latest drafts of the oil and gas bill with officials and key political bloc leaders from both Baghdad and Erbil, stressing the need to legislate the “crucial” bill in order to address some of the country’s pressing issues. The purpose of the meeting was refining the bill’s final draft before its approval by the Council of Ministers and subsequent submission to the Iraqi parliament, according to a statement from Sudani’s office. Sabri said Iraq wants to have full control on the Region’s oil and gas through the bill. The Region used to export over 400,000 barrels of crude oil to the international markets before the process was suspended in late March following a ruling by a Paris-based arbitration court.
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