Kurdistan Regional Government Directs Inclusion of Peshmerga Expenses in Federal Sovereign Budget - رئاسة الإقليم البيشمركة الموازنة الاتحادية الدفاع الوطني Kurdistan Government Peshmerga
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Kurdistan Regional Government Directs Inclusion of Peshmerga Expenses in Federal Sovereign Budget

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14 Oct 2026
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rafidainscope - Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, directed the Ministry of Finance and Economy and the region's negotiating delegation to work diligently to enshrine Peshmerga forces' expenses within the framework of sovereign expenses in the federal general

budget law to guarantee their financial rights and dues. The governmental directive emphasized that Peshmerga expenses constitute an essential constitutional part of the national defense system, stressing the necessity of securing salaries, allocations, arming projects, training, and military readiness, and

applying standards of justice and equality with federal security forces, while enhancing parliamentary coordination to support this entitlement.

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