ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday said Erbil is coordinating with Baghdad to investigate the attack on the strategic Khor Mor gas field, adding that the two sides would “continue to work together to prevent” further attacks and hold those responsible accountable.

The Kurdistan Region’s largest gas field was targeted late Sunday. Its operator, UAE-based Dana Gas, said the facility had been hit in a suspected drone attack.

Speaking about his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Baghdad on Monday, Barzani said: “We have agreed that these attacks must not be repeated,” adding that “we have agreed to assist each other” in preventing them.

“We request that once the perpetrators of these attacks are identified, they face legal action,” Barzani said while addressing reporters in Erbil.

Zaidi ordered the formation of a joint investigation committee with Kurdistan Region authorities to investigate the attack, his office said early Monday.

Khor Mor has come under repeated attacks, forcing staff evacuations and halting production. During the US-Iran war, numerous drone and missile strikes by Iran and Iraqi pro-Iran armed groups targeted civilian and energy infrastructure across the Kurdistan Region.

Barzani traveled to Baghdad on Monday to discuss the Kurdistan Region’s financial entitlements and its share of the 2027 federal budget with Zaidi and other senior Iraqi political leaders.

Barzani told The New Region’s reporter during Tuesday’s presser that Erbil was working with Baghdad to resolve budget issues “in a fundamental way.” He said Baghdad had “promised” to “provide and guarantee salaries” and that the two sides had reached “good understandings.”

A major point of contention in the proposed budget is the Kurdistan Region’s allocation. The initial draft sets its share at 12.68 percent, while the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) insists that its allocation should reflect its proportion of Iraq’s population, which it puts at 14.14 percent.

The timely payment of public-sector salaries has also long been a point of contention between Erbil and Baghdad, with the Kurdistan Region frequently facing delays in receiving federal allocations for salaries.