Top Minister Barzani spoke concerning the election, meals costs, oil export, low-income residencies, water safety, violence towards ladies, and the connection between Baghdad and Erbil.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Kurdistan Area Top Minister Masrour Barzani held a press convention on Wednesday to speak about the placement within the Kurdistan Area and its members of the family with the government in Baghdad.
“I emphasize holding the Kurdistan Region’s parliamentary elections on time,” Top Minister Barzani informed the click. “We as the government have made all needed preparations to hold the elections on time and not delay it.”
“I hope the political parties soon agree on holding the elections according to schedule,” he added.
Barzani mentioned that COVID-19, the struggle in Ukraine, and different world problems ended in a global build up in the cost of meals, gasoline, and different fabrics within the Kurdistan Area and the sector.
“We reduced the electricity fees for the bakeries and reduced tax fees on some imported materials used for making food,” Barzani mentioned. “We support businessmen who import food, so (…) residents can continue to get food and bread at reasonable prices.”
Barzani mentioned that the KRG has additionally made up our minds to cut back import gasoline costs to make fuel to be had for other folks at a extra affordable value.
“We decided to build 20,000 residential units across Kurdistan Region provinces for poor people, with reasonable prices and easy installments. This will not be our last project – we will continue building similar projects.”
Barzani printed that the federal government would personal the mission and put in force it in the course of the personal sector.
With appreciate to the KRG’s plan for coping with water shortages, Barzani mentioned that his executive plans to construct a number of dams in puts appropriate for saving rainwater. “Not only the people of the Kurdistan region, but people across Iraq will benefit from the water of these dams.”
“Some media say that violence against women only exists in Kurdistan Region, but that’s not true! It exists everywhere in the Middle East and the world,” mentioned Barzani. “We have been taking tough action against those who violate women; still, we also need to take precautionary measures to prevent this from happening in the future by educating people (…).”
“Regarding the energy issue and relations between Erbil and Baghdad, I want to mention that we are keen on finding a solution based on the Iraqi constitution and protecting the people of the Kurdistan Region, as per the constitution,” Barzani mentioned.
“No one can decide on behalf of the Kurdistan people,” he warned.
He argued that the charter articles protective the folks of the Kurdistan Area must be applied as they’re.
“We have formally responded to the Iraqi Oil Ministry’s proposal over Kurdistan’s oil and gas dossier, and our response was aligned with the Iraqi constitution,” Barzani mentioned. “In our response, we explained the mechanism to reach an agreement.”
Top Minister Barzani mentioned he was hoping the Iraqi executive would avoid politicizing the KRG oil and fuel portfolio and the use of it as a card towards the folks of Kurdistan.
Barzani mentioned that the KRG will proceed to ship delegations to Baghdad to succeed in an excellent settlement.
“The KRG’s oil trade is very transparent, and both Deloitte company and the Iraqi State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO) have all the data on the KRG’s oil sales,” Barzani mentioned. “Unfortunately, the Iraqi oil ministry and SOMO have been threatening oil companies buying KRG oil, which has led to a decrease in the price of oil sold by the KRG.”
Barzani mentioned that part of his cupboard’s program is to promote oil at upper costs.
“It is not acceptable to go around the constitution and try to impose political will on the people of Kurdistan,” Barzani emphasised. “If Iraq had an oil and gas law, these problems would not exist.”
“Let’s legislate oil and gas, and through it, we will all know our rights and responsibilities regarding the oil and gas reserves,” he added.
Kurdistan Area Top Minister Masrour Barzani speaks throughout a press convention within the capital Erbil, Might 11, 2022. (Photograph: KRG)
