Monday, 14 December, 2020 - 07:45
Protests against delayed payment of salaries in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan region, last Friday. (AFP) Baghdad – Asharq Al-Awsat
Parliamentary pressure is building against the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi over allegations that the country’s borrowing law has been violated. This coincides with Kurdish officials going into fierce negotiations with Baghdad to acquire much needed funds to dispense unpaid public sector workers.
Headed by Kurdistan Region Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, the Kurdish delegation has been in Baghdad since Thursday in pursuit of a settlement to the financial disagreements between Erbil and Baghdad.
The Kurdish delegation met on Sunday with Finance Minister Ali Allawi, Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar and officials from Iraq’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO).