The KRG has received 598 billion dinars under the new budget law — a fraction of its theoretical monthly entitlement.

Iraq's federal government has sent a first, partial payment to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) under the recently passed budget law.

The transfer of 598 billion Iraqi dinars ($460 million) was confirmed by multiple KRG officials. It is a fraction of the full budget entitlement expected by the KRG, highlighting the stark divide between Baghdad and Erbil as they negotiate how to implemenet the budget law's new provisions on oil and financial management.

"We are in need of 921 billion Iraqi dinars just to pay salaries," said a KRG spokesperson. "Not only have our [full] fiancial entitlements not been released; not even adequate payments to cover [civil servant] salaries have been released."