Barzani Approves Kurdistan Region’s 2010 Budget

Arbil, 22 April 2010 - Aswat Al Iraq

President of Kurdistan region Massoud Barzani ratified on Wednesday the 2010 budget and sent it back to the parliament, a media advisor of the parliament’s speaker said.

“The draft law will be sent to the parliament and the government to be implemented,” Tareq Jouhar told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Prime Minister Barham Saleh had announced on January 19, 2010 that his government approved the 2010 general budget draft law which reached 11.433 trillion Iraqi dinars ($9.7 billion).