The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region received the head of the Construction and Development Coalition. During the meeting, while discussing the situation in Iraq, he stressed the need to allocate 14 percent of the 2027 budget to the Region based on the 2024 census.
Today, Monday, 12 October 2026, Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, received Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, head of the Construction and Development Coalition and former federal prime minister.
During the meeting, the latest developments in the general situation in Iraq and the region, as well as relations between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government, were discussed and reviewed.
The two sides agreed on the importance of developing cooperation and coordination among Iraq’s political currents in order to support the federal government in increasing public revenues, addressing challenges, and serving all citizens and communities without any discrimination.
In another part of the talks, Masrour Barzani stressed the need to respect the constitutional structure and the financial demands of the Kurdistan Region, and to determine the Kurdistan Region’s share of the federal general budget for 2027; the share should be determined fairly and based on the 14 percent proportion of the Kurdistan Region’s population, which is the confirmed result of the latest general census conducted in 2024.
