The political advisor to the Prime Minister, Sabhan Mulla Jiyad, confirmed that the oil and gas law file will open all outstanding files between the central and regional governments, and will also contribute to resolving the dispute between the two governments.
Jiyad said; For the program “Free Talk” broadcast by Al-Furat TV channel this evening, Wednesday, that: “The previous governments made a mistake by neglecting the oil and gas file, and correcting relations between the center and the region is by agreement on paper; A new vision of the relationship between the center and the region.
He added, “Baghdad and Erbil are standing still in resolving the problems created by the constitution, and the Kurdistan region is required to take care of the intimate relationship between the Kurds and the Iraqis.”
And Jiyad said, “The oil and gas law will open all outstanding files between the two governments, especially the export of oil. It will also contribute to resolving the dispute between the center and the region. Both parties are required to concede and understand in order to perpetuate this intimate relationship. Kurdistan was and still is a refuge for all Iraqis, in the past and the present.”
Yesterday, Tuesday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani hosted the periodic meeting of the State Administration Coalition, which touched on the ongoing dialogues regarding the draft oil and gas law, and the results of the technical meeting, which was held last week in the presence of representatives of political forces and officials of the Federal Ministry of Oil and the Ministry of Natural Resources in The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, experts and jurists, and the government’s keenness to continue dialogues to prepare the final draft of the law, in preparation for submitting it to the House of Representatives after it is approved by the Council of Ministers.
For its part, the Kurdistan Regional Council of Ministers reviewed, today, Wednesday, during its weekly meeting chaired by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and in the presence of Deputy Speaker Qubad Talabani, the results of the visit of the regional government delegation to Baghdad, related to the preparation of a draft federal oil and gas law jointly between the federal government, the Kurdistan Region and the Iraqi governorates. producing oil and gas, based on the constitutional articles related to the oil and gas sector.
Masrour Barzani stressed the need to prepare a draft oil and gas law at the federal level in Iraq, based on the provisions of the constitution related to the oil and gas sector, and these constitutional articles must form the basic foundation for that, as clearly stipulated in the constitution, and the draft law should be approved by the government. Federalism, the Kurdistan Region, and the oil-producing governorates in Iraq, reflecting the principles of the federal system in the country, as established in the constitution.
The region’s Council of Ministers stressed the importance of having a law regulating the oil and gas sector at the level of Iraq, provided that it is compatible with the principles of organizing this sector and with the federal system of the Iraqi state, as stated in the constitution.