Politics
KRG delegation arrives in Baghdad for negotiations on Region's budget share
A delegation from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Finance arrived Sunday in Baghdad to discuss the Region’s share of the 2019 federal budget. They met with members of the Council of Representatives’ Finance Committee and officials from the federal Ministry of Finance to discuss the draft budget. “This is the first time that a delegation from the KRG is negotiating the Region’s budget share in Baghdad before the draft is approved,” the source added. The Iraqi government’s parties reiterated that they planned to allocate 12% of the budget to the Kurdistan Region and that they based that number on population estimates. The KRG delegation is seeking a share closer to 17%, which is what the Region had received in previous budgets.
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