Bafel Talabani: KRG financial dues, employee salaries not to be linked to political differences

P.U.K 08:04 PM - 2021-06-06

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Bafel Talabani, Co-President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), met Sunday in Baghdad with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.

 

During the meeting, which was attended by a number of members of the Political Bureau and the Leadership Council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, it was emphasized to abide by the constitutional foundations to solve all outstanding problems between Baghdad and Erbil, overcome political, economic and security challenges and find an appropriate mechanism to send financial dues to Kurdistan Region under the provisions of the budget law to provide and guarantee the salaries of the employees of the Region.

 

Bafel Talabani also stressed the strengthening of relations and cooperation between federal government institutions and Kurdistan Region to implement the government program in order to provide better services to citizens and bring about radical reforms in state administration. 

 

Talabani also asked the Iraqi PM for the financial due of Kurdistan Region and employee salaries not to be linked to political differences and that the recent agreement between Kurdistan Region and the Iraqi government should be a reference for solving all problems.

 

During the meeting, Talabani also stressed the importance of consensus between Iraqi political forces and parties in order to provide a decent life and well-being for the people of Kurdistan and Iraq, who have suffered greatly as a result of successive crises, and pointed out that joint pursuit of this goal is a task for all national forces.

 

 

 

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