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Barzani’s headquarters announced Saturday that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has decided to give the Iraqi federal government a “last chance” to resolve the ongoing salary crisis, following new promises from Baghdad to address the issue in the coming days.
The announcement came after a meeting of the KDP Political Bureau to assess the worsening financial situation and strained relations between the Kurdistan Region and the Iraqi federal government.
According to the statement, Fuad Hussein, the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, who also holds a senior position within the KDP, returned to the Kurdistan Region and briefed the KDP leadership on his discussions with Iraqi political parties and senior officials in Baghdad. He conveyed commitments from the federal government to find a resolution to the salary impasse.
“At their request and promise, in order to continue a peaceful dialogue and take into account the situation and the public interest, we thought it would be good to give the Iraqi federal government in Baghdad a last chance to find a way to end this problem,” the statement from Barzani’s headquarters said.
The leadership also reiterated its position that dialogue and mutual understanding remain the best way to resolve disputes. “We have always believed that if there is a way through dialogue, we would like to resolve issues through mutual understanding,” the statement added.
The prolonged budget dispute has left civil servants in the Kurdistan Region without salaries for May and June. Baghdad has withheld funding, linking it to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) compliance with the federal budget law—particularly the requirement to hand over 400,000 barrels of oil per day to Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) and to boost non-oil revenues.
The statement reflects growing pressure on both sides to reach a political and financial settlement as public frustration mounts over the worsening economic conditions in the Kurdistan Region.