Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, left, discusses budgetary concerns with visiting Kurdish counterpart Nechirvan Barzani. Photo courtesy of Kurdistan Regional Government The Kurdistan Regional Government said a delegation led by Prime Minister Nechrivan Barzani met during the weekend with federal officials to discuss the status of a December agreement on oil exports and budgetary issues. “During the meeting, it became apparent that due to the financial crisis in Iraq and the lack of liquidity, the Iraqi government is unable to pay the Kurdistan region’s share of January and February from the federal budget,” the KRG said in a Monday statement. “The two sides agreed to continue holding further talks in order to find an appropriate solution to the situation.” A January report from the World Bank found the federal government’s efforts to redistribute oil revenues for the public good had mixed results. Though oil production is breaking pre-conflict records, […]