Kurdistan Regional Government decided on Wednesday, to send an "official letter" to the federal government asking it to send the region's budget for four months.
The office of the Kurdistan region Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, said in a statement, "The Prime Minister stressed that the Kurdistan Region has done everything in its power and fulfilled all its obligations to reach a comprehensive agreement with the federal government, and is still continuing in the talks, and indicated that the Kurdistan Regional Government is the official party concerned with negotiating with the federal government to solve the problems, and it will not compromise on the constitutional and financial rights of the people of Kurdistan.
The Cabinet decided, according to the statement, “to send an official letter in the name of the Kurdistan Regional Government to the Federal Council of Ministers requesting it to send part of the region’s share of the budget for months (5-6-7-10) because it is legitimate rights for the Kurdistan region, while the federal government did not send them. Although it has nothing to do with the Fiscal Deficit Financing Act of 2020. "
According to the statement, the cabinet called on "the United Nations and the international community to support efforts aimed at reaching a radical agreement between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government with the aim of ensuring financial and constitutional dues for the region."