Kurdish delegation to visit Baghdad soon to discuss the referendum of the region


The Supreme Council for the referendum announced yesterday that a delegation from the Kurdistan region will go to Baghdad to hold official talks with government officials on a referendum.

"The media often misrepresent the positions of countries in the referendum by saying, for example, that the United States and other countries are opposed to the referendum, and that no one has," said Saadi Ahmed Bireh, a PUK spokesman, at a seminar on the referendum held in Dohuk. It is less that it is against the referendum, but they confirm that they have some observations and that does not mean rejection. "

"Europe, America and all the neighboring countries were against the partition of Yugoslavia, and they always reiterated their territorial integrity, but after the secession of Croatia, the United States was the first country to open an embassy there," he said. That "the observations of the world around a process like the referendum is normal, but the survival of dependency is the real dilemma." He criticized the member of the referendum committee, "traders who exploit the situation in creating fears of citizens in order to pay them to store food, wondering," When the Kurds said that we will achieve our independence through the use of this military force or that?
Dialogue ".

"We will meet on the evening (Monday) to appoint members of the delegation who will visit Baghdad during the next two days to conduct the dialogue, and I think what will be said in Baghdad will be essential, and we will reassure Baghdad in the first place and Turkey and Iran neighbors second geopolitical region, The international community that the Kurds will not lay the basis for destabilizing the security of the region and their political systems, on the contrary, the Kurds have never wanted to be a destabilizing factor, but the right to self-determination means stability and coexistence, not mandatory.

In a related context, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and deputies of the Kurdistan Democratic Party discussed the latest political and security conditions and military victories.

"Iraq has been able to liberate its territory by the sacrifices of its sons in the army, the police, the popular crowd, the tribal fighters and the peshmerga, and stand united in defending its sovereignty and dignity," al-Jaafari said in a statement. The unity of its components, the cohesion of its political forces, and the continuation of dialogue; to overcome the challenges it faces. "

The foreign minister added that "the referendum to be held in the Kurdistan region is not in the interest of the unity of Iraq, which has just emerged from a global war against the gangs of the terrorist," noting that "he has not heard from any country in the world in support of the step of the referendum, and that everyone believes that the unity of Iraq Important for the stability of the region. "

Jaafari pointed out that "the separation is not in the interest of anyone and we respect the opinion of the Kurdish citizen provided that it is within the Constitution."
For their part, members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party stressed the "need to continue dialogues between the political parties," praising the "achievements of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in strengthening relations with various countries of the world."

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