Saroo Abdulwahid, head of the New Generation bloc in the Iraqi Parliament, stated during a press conference:

🔹The Iraqi government has requested the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to adhere to Iraq’s federal budget law.
🔹It has also called on the KRG to comply with the decisions of the Federal Supreme Court.
🔹The Region has informed Baghdad that it currently produces 282,000 barrels of oil daily, while its actual daily production exceeds 400,000 barrels.
🔹Baghdad has agreed to accept that amount if delivered to the SOMO company, but the KRG insists on handing over only 50,000 barrels per day.
🔹The Kurdistan Region also told Baghdad that it needs 115,000 barrels daily for internal consumption. Combined with 50,000 barrels, this totals 165,000 barrels, while the remaining 120,000 barrels are traded independently and not handed over to Baghdad.
🔹Ninety percent of the companies negotiating with the federal government have agreed to its demands, so any statements made by the government of Masrour or Qubad are far from the truth.
🔹According to the Federal Board of Supreme Audit, the Kurdistan Region only needs 42,000 barrels.
🔹The Iraqi government has proposed that the Kurdistan Region deliver that 42,000 barrels, in exchange for which the federal government would provide fuel (such as oil and gasoline) to Erbil at the same price as in other Iraqi provinces. The Region has rejected this offer.
🔹Baghdad has requested the KRG to begin an audit process. Without such auditing, salaries will not be sent to the Region. But the KRG refuses.
🔹Baghdad also demanded that within three to four months, all KRG public sector employees transfer their bank accounts to federal banks, so salaries can be paid directly. The Region has also rejected this request.