Kurdish parties meet in Erbil and confirm not to abandon the referendum

by **RamblerNash** Sun Oct 22, 2017 10:59 pm

Kurdish parties meet in Erbil and confirm not to abandon the referendum

Sunday, October 22,

Alsumaria News / Baghdad
Kurdish parties on Sunday stressed the need for Baghdad dialogue based on recognition of the rights of the people of Kurdistan, while stressing at the same time that the referendum constitutional right and legal for the people of Kurdistan , confirmed not to abandon it.

The Kurdish parties said in a joint statement issued on the sidelines of their meeting in Arbil today, and received Alsumaria News a copy of "We support the unconditional dialogue in accordance with the Constitution and away from the imposition of a policy of reality and the threat and military arrogance," stressing the need to "Baghdad dialogue based on recognition of the rights of the people of Kurdistan , And that the Kurdistan Regional Government is the representative of the people of Kurdistan to conduct dialogue. "

The statement added that "the referendum is a constitutional and legal right for the people of Kurdistan will not abandon it," calling on the Iraqi government and the international community to "not punish the people of Kurdistan because of this right."

The statement rejected any "attempt to divide the administration of the Kurdistan region," pointing to "the need to enter the Kurdistan region a unified position in dialogue with the Iraqi government."

The head of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani, on Friday, the federal government threatened and besieged and punish "the people of Kurdistan," returned the measures of the government "clear" over the Iraqi constitution, while calling on the Kurds in the world to demonstrate to support the region.

And Sulaymaniyah, and to demand the territory to hand over all land border crossings.

On October 16, 2017, al-Abbadi ordered the security forces to impose security in the province of Kirkuk , where the federal forces were able to redeploy and control Kirkuk in full and the disputed areas of Diyala, Salah al-Din and Nineveh.

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