Iraq: Baghdad-Erbil Relations Grow Sour

May 13, 2015 | Anadolu Agency
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Relations between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish regional government in Erbil are growing sour as Erbil awaits full payment for oil, according to statement by the Kurdish regional government. Unless Baghdad begins to make timely and full payments, the Kurdish regional government has warned that it will find other solutions for the problem. Erbil and Baghdad had reached an agreement in December 2014 whereby the Kurdish region would export 550,000 barrels of oil per day under the supervision of SOMO, State Organization for Marketing of Oil, which is responsible for marketing Iraq's oil. In return, Baghdad would allocate 17 percent of the national budget to the Kurdish region.