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‎A local source in Kirkuk province reported on Saturday that cars belonging to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance began to arrive in Erbil, loaded with funds allocated to pay the salaries of employees of the Kurdistan Region.
‎The source told Shafaq News Agency that “cars loaded with funds entered today the borders of Kirkuk province coming from Baghdad, heading towards Erbil,” noting that “these funds are transferred through armored cars belonging to the Ministry of Finance, accompanied by a security force to ensure their safe arrival at its destination.”
‎The source pointed out that "this step comes in implementation of the agreement recently concluded between the federal government and the regional government with the aim of disbursing the salaries of employees in Kurdistan directly from Baghdad, within an agreed timetable."
‎A source in the Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Kurdistan Regional Government revealed earlier on Saturday that the distribution of the salaries of the region's employees for the month of last May, starting tomorrow, Sunday.
‎The source, who asked not to be named, told Shafaq News Agency that "the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the regional government will, tomorrow, Sunday, deposit 120 billion dinars, as local revenues, in the account of the Federal Ministry of Finance through the branch of the Central Bank of Iraq in Erbil."
‎He added that "the Federal Ministry of Finance will deposit next Monday the amount of 960 billion dinars in the account of the Ministry of Finance and Economy in the regional government, as the salaries dues for May," noting that "the ministry will start distributing salaries to employees from Tuesday to next Thursday."
‎The source pointed out that "the Ministry of Finance and Economy will deposit another amount of 120 billion dinars on Sunday following Sunday, in the account of the Federal Ministry of Finance, as local revenues, provided that the latter deposits 960 billion dinars to cover the salaries of June, where the distribution of salaries in the region will begin from Tuesday to Thursday in the same week."