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FRANK26: A phone call to refresh pockets: Al-Sudani calls Barzani, and an agreement is reached to release May salaries tomorrow.
7/1/2025
- Baghdad
An informed source revealed, on Tuesday evening (July 1, 2025), that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will hold a phone call with the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, within the next few hours, with the aim of putting the final touches on a financial agreement concerning the region's employees.
According to the source who told Baghdad Today, "The anticipated contact will culminate in an official understanding stipulating the release of May salaries for the region's employees, with the payments to be made tomorrow, after the Sudanese Prime Minister signs the decision directly."
He expected that "the financing will be done in the form of advances and financial transfers," based on Article (77) of the budget tables for the years 2023-2025.
This agreement is expected to help calm the tensions between Baghdad and Erbil and restore some confidence to the region's employees, who have long been awaiting payment.