US proposal to delay Kurdistan independence referendum is 'not binding'-MP Last Modified: 07 05 2017 01:21 PM The proposal that the US Ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman provided, during his meeting with the President of Iraqi Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani , to delay the Kurdistan independence referendum is not binding, lawmaker from Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) Gamal Ahmed said on Wednesday

He called for the central Government in Baghdad to understand the Kurdish people's desire to decide their fate as a constitutional right

He asserted that many Kurdish delegations will be sent in the next few days to Baghdad to hold talks with the central government on the referendum

The problems between Baghdad and Kurdistan Region and Kurdistan's marginalization from participating in governance were the main reasons for the referendum he added.

Kurdistan Regional Government announced on June 7 that it would vote September 25 on whether to split from Iraq and form an independent nation. https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/sto...not-binding-MP