BAGHDAD/ Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi parliament postponed today's session to discuss the national budget till next Saturday due to lack of votes.

Close sources said to Aswat al-Iraq that "no agreement was reached with the Kurdish bloc on oil settlements within 2013 budget".

Consultations were held today with the heads of parliamentary political blocs, but no agreement was reached, according to the source.

The Cabinet approved the general budget with the amount of 138 trillion Iraqi dinars.