Osama Najafi on the independence of Kurdistan: can not resort to the siege and impose sanctions


2017/7/10 19:02

The Vice President of the Iraqi Republic, Osama Najafi, should not resort to the imposition of sanctions and blockade against the Kurdistan Region, stressing not to touch any retreat from the President of the Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani in this regard.

"We believe that there is a need for a detailed dialogue to solve the problems of the country, not only the recent crisis between Baghdad and Kurdistan," he said after a meeting between the president of the Kurdistan region, Saturday, October 7, 2017, with the two Vice-Presidents of the Iraqi Republic, Iyad Allawi and Osama Najafi. But all outstanding issues that have been the result of errors and accumulations over more than 10 years, and must be reviewed all things by the main political forces and access to the results of achieving security and stability and remove the concerns of all parties on the future of Iraq.

On the Turkish position of the referendum, Nujaifi said that "announced the rejection of the matter and the belief that the need to find understandings with Baghdad to solve the problem," noting that "there is coordination with Baghdad directly."

He continued: "We say that the solution must be Iraqi first of all, so that we can assure the neighboring countries and the Kurdistan Region and the rest of the partners in the country," noting that "the issue lies not in the recent crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, but is a crisis of constitution and laws, Country, all of which need to be reviewed. "

On the concerns with the popular crowd, he said that "the cohesion of the state and its institutions is weak, as there is a kind of military and political construction outside the framework of the Iraqi state, even if covered by legal cover, it often acts outside this framework. And the creation of a parallel force, and the threat of some military leaders on a purely political issue, which led to the acceleration of the Kurdistan Region in this step and we believe that it is necessary to review all things, to remove concerns and emphasize the unity of Iraq by achieving the interests of all in one country " .

He stressed that "the Kurds are Iraqis and must be treated fairly, as well as the rest of the components and we believe that there is a need to dialogue with the elimination of all fears, and not to impose any sanctions or threats or escalation of tone and we now need to calm and to a detailed dialogue, in all issues, and these fears Is still after reassuring all parties that things are going in the right way, "pointing out that" not to hear any retreat from Barzani, and it requires dialogue before the final positions of the parties are identified. "

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