Thursday, December 07, 2006
KRG talks with Baghdad unsuccessful
KRG
A senior Kurdish delegation has ended talks in Baghdad on contentious issues but the parties have apparently failed to solve any one of them. The Kurdish delegation was headed by Nejervan Barzani, the prime minister of the Kurdish autonomous region in Iraq. Barazani held meetings with senior central government officials including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. “My talks with officials from the central government have reached no final results,” he said.
One Key issue includes the fate of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk which Kurds want to add to their semi-independent enclave now comprising the provinces of Arbil, Sulaimaniya and Dahouk. There are also differences on how to dive oil revenues and the Kurds’ share of the country’s oil wealth. Iraqi officials declined to speak about differences, saying the meetings were an opportunity to exchange ideas on how to make use of the Kurdish experiment in reinstating relative stability in their areas.
One Key issue includes the fate of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk which Kurds want to add to their semi-independent enclave now comprising the provinces of Arbil, Sulaimaniya and Dahouk. There are also differences on how to dive oil revenues and the Kurds’ share of the country’s oil wealth. Iraqi officials declined to speak about differences, saying the meetings were an opportunity to exchange ideas on how to make use of the Kurdish experiment in reinstating relative stability in their areas.
