Tillerson tells Abadi Washington’s rejection of the referendum on Kurdish separatism


US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Prime Minister Haider Abadi Wednesday that Washington does not recognize the referendum of Kurdistan and it supports the steps of the federal government to impose the rule of law and supports the unity of Iraq and the steps of the federal government to avoid clashes and impose the rule of law.

“Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi received a telephone call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson,” the media office of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in a statement received by Mawazine News.

“Washington does not recognize the referendum in the Kurdistan region, and it supports the unity of Iraq and the steps of the federal government in avoiding confrontation and imposing the rule of law,” Tillerson said.

He added that “the United States of America to take over the war against the promotion and liberation of all Iraqi territory is very important and supports the efforts of the Iraqi government to eliminate terrorism, in addition to reconstruction of liberated areas and support the Iraqi economy.”

For his part, Abadi stressed that “what happened in Kirkuk represents a redeployment to impose order in the province, which are legal and constitutional steps in order to prevent the division of the country and weaken it.”

“The federal government was keen on dialogue in accordance with the constitution, but the officials in the region did not respond,” he said, noting that “the priority is still for the battle with gangs calling for terrorism, which we are approaching to resolve and liberate the entire Iraqi territory and secure the border. is over

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