Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraqi PM Presses Case for Baghdad to Receive Kurdistan Oil Revenue


Sep 30, 2017 | Reuters
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday pressed the case for the central government in Baghdad to receive the income from Kurdistan’s oilfields, saying the money would be used to pay Kurdish civil servants. Seeking to control the oil income from the autonomous Kurdish region is central to Abadi’s strategy after the Kurdish referendum on independence held on Monday.