 Shafaq News / Masroor Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, discussed on Friday with an American delegation headed by Congressman Seth Moulton the developments in Iraq and the Middle East."During the meeting, which was attended by the US Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, Tiff Bitner, we exchanged views on the latest developments and developments in Iraq and the region, and discussed ways to strengthen relations between the Kurdistan Region and the United States," Shafaq News said in a statement.Congressman Moulton pointed out that the Kurdistan Region is a friend and reliable ally of the United States in the region, and stressed the importance of supporting the Peshmerga and protecting the security of the Kurdistan Region.Barzani expressed the thanks of the regional government for America for its support and support for the region, and stressed his keenness to consolidate the prospects of cooperation between the two sides in various fields.He pointed out that the meeting focused on the progress made in the field of reforms related to the joints of the Peshmerga Ministry, as we agreed on the importance of supporting, strengthening and accelerating the reform process in the ministry, to ensure the unification of its forces.The two sides touched on the need to export the oil of the Kurdistan Region, and discussed the preparations for the legislative elections in the region, as well as the American presidential elections, the crisis situation, wars and escalation in the Middle East and the efforts to achieve security and stability in the region in general. |
https://x.com/john78846295/status/1883149256036618372 Parliamentary Committee on Regions and Governorates: budget amendment expected to be voted on after Rajab (end of Jan). "There is political consensus to pass the amendment to the budget law". |
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Trump has now apparently stopped all foreign aid, with a couple of exceptions, for a 90 day period to enable a review to take place. This has to affect both Iraq and Kurdistan immediately and for the longer term as it is not a given that any aid will be continued after the 90 days. They all need the oil money plus Trump wants oil prices to drop. |
"The Republicans who are returning forcefully to the White House are determined to reduce the influence of the eastern neighbor to its lowest levels."
That's what Turkey is working towards as well.
Erdogan is no friend of an Iranian dominated government in Baghdad, he strongly favours the Kurds.
He sees Kurdistan as a bulwark against an Iranian dominated Iraq, what he DOESN'T want to see is a Kurdistan subsumed into Iraq. He wants a Kurdistan that sees HIM as a friend and ally and who won't make trouble for him. He doesn't want Iranian mititias on his border. |
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Habshan - "Once the agreement expires they'll just revert to doing what they were doing for the nine years before the Paris ruling.
Which was exporting Kurdish oil"
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That's my hope also but would be great if KRG or APIKUR could confirm this and back up the 1 - off statement by the DNO boss.
I emailed APIKUR for clarification on this subject but no reply so far, Caggins busy making repeat youtube videos that tell us SFA. |
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Trump's hawks are escalating: Liberate Iraq from Iran..
US pressure is mounting on Iraq to reduce Iranian influence in the country, as evidenced by prominent statements made by Republican US Congressman Joe Wilson, who wrote on his official account on the X platform: “Free Iraq from Iran.”
While this call reflects the hardline policy adopted by the Republicans, especially with their return to the forefront of the American political scene, these statements come amid ongoing escalation between the United States and Iran, making Iraq a focus of regional and international competition.
In this context, US-based political affairs researcher Nizar Haidar commented on these developments, explaining that Republicans view Iraq as a strategic prize that Washington seeks to regain.
Haidar said in a special interview with Baghdad Today: "The Republicans who are returning forcefully to the White House consider Iraq their prize that the Democrats squandered to the point that they almost lost it to Iranian influence. Therefore, they are determined to return it to the house of obedience, if I may say so, by reducing the influence of the eastern neighbor to its lowest levels."
Haidar added: "Members of Congress, specifically the representatives working with President Trump to achieve his vision of what he called putting an end to the chaos of weapons in the Middle East, which he meant, among other things, helping the Iraqi government to confine weapons to the state. This is something that Al-Sudani responded to, supported by all political forces and leaders, including the forces of the Coordination Framework."
He pointed out that: “The purpose of all this is to keep Iraq away from the sparks of the expected war between Tehran and Washington, by severing the organic link between Baghdad and Tehran, on the security and military levels or on the level of the dollar, oil, energy and other things. It is certainly not a military war in the classical sense, but rather a war of oil, money and the economy, in addition to the war of espionage and artificial intelligence, as we have seen in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and now in Yemen.”
Haidar continued: “The dangerous thing is that some members of Congress are seeking to mix the cards in order to increase pressure and escalate the psychological war against the political forces and leaders, specifically the Coordination Framework, by merging the armed factions and their leaders. There is no disagreement that they actually pose a threat to Iraq and may push it to engage in any potential escalation witnessed by the region, between forces and leaders who have been involved since the beginning of the change in the political process, and were part of the invasion project and the political project established by the civil governor Paul Bremer with all its details.”
He explained, saying: “This confusion complicates the expected solutions, because we know very well that multiple titles, constitutional and unconstitutional, have overlapped with the state in Iraq. Therefore, it will be very difficult to disentangle the titles and separate the state institutions from others if the cards are mixed up.”
Wilson’s statements and Haider’s comments reflect the current US administration’;s efforts to restore Iraq to its sphere of influence, as part of a broader strategy to restrict arms to the Iraqi state and disengage from Iran. But the challenges facing this policy lie in the complexity of the internal political scene in Iraq, as well as regional and international interventions.
With international pressure mounting, Iraq finds itself at a crossroads in its attempt to strike a balance between regional and international powers. The most important question remains: Will the Iraqi government be able to strengthen its national sovereignty, or will it be affected by the conflicts surrounding it?
Prepared by: Political Affairs Department, Baghdad Today |
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When the pipeline was shut in, in March '23 there were many posters on here and LSE sounding the death knell for GKP 'eight months cash burn then bust' etc. They have been proven resoundly wrong. The inexorable run to September continues with local sales and plenty of cash if they are somehow stopped. To the trolls I say GIRFUY! |
spark plug - "how can the stalemate be resolved?"
I don't think it can be resolved, the Shia want control and they're not going to get it. That's why imo the Kurds APIKUR and Turkey are waiting for September. The ONLY thing preventing the restart of exports is the clause stating that Turkey can't load ships without approval from Baghdad.
Once the agreement expires they'll just revert to doing what they were doing for the nine years before the Paris ruling.
Which was exporting Kurdish oil.
And as before there'll be nothing Baghdad can do about it, and as before neither Turkey nor the Kurds will care what Baghdad thinks about it.
And as Ashti Hawrami said, "Erdogan and BOTAS couldn't have been more supportive".
And this time Baghdad won't even be able to bleat about the contracts being illegal because their own court has ruled otherwise. |
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Don't forget the 1mill$ per day fine for Iraq. Must be clocking up quite a bit by now. |
So, where do we go from here? the nightmare continues just when we had our hopes built up for a solution, we are back to square one. Whose move is it next - will Trump intervene?
I wonder whats happening behind the scene, Sudani turns out to be as bad as the rest especially after promises he made to Biden last year - how can the stalemate be resolved? |
508...and that is the whole problem, irag is full of ignorant selfish leaders who will use their control of the oil as a political weapon.
Krg must never lose their oil. |
klassic - "But ultimately he won't want to help the Kurds in their struggle for independence lest it increases agitation from the sizeable Kurdish population in Turkey."
You need to understand the difference between independence and financial independence.
Once the Kurds are exporting again they won't need handouts from Baghdad, they'll have both their oil and very sizeable non oil revenues.
For nine years Baghdad was unable to close the pipeline and once the ITP agreement expires there will be NO contract between Turkey and Iraq, so Baghdad will have no more control over it than the government of Peru.
A year ago:-
DNO CEO - "We do know that the pipeline will reopen because in September next year the contract between Turkey and Iraq for the use of that pipeline ends, Turkey can then do with the pipeline what it wants without any further exposure to the legal side. Once the existing arrangements end they will end and the pipeline will reopen." |
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