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Finance Minister Links May Salaries to Oil Delivery

PM:03:17:20/07/2025

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the Iraqi Parliament's Finance Committee held a meeting with Finance Minister Taif Sami to discuss the payment of salaries in the Kurdistan Region.

Following the meeting, committee member Mohammed Nuri stated in a press conference that the Finance Minister made it clear that the disbursement of May salaries—and those of the following months—is contingent upon the Kurdistan Region delivering oil to the State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO).

According to Sami, while the Kurdistan Region is expected to deliver 400,000 barrels per day under the agreement, Baghdad has shown flexibility and is willing to proceed based on the current level of 230,000 barrels—on the condition that the oil is actually delivered before salaries are paid.