Aboul Gheit calls for the leaders of Baghdad and Erbil on the unity of Iraq

by **Ponee** Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:53 pm

Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit headed a delegation of Arab League officials to Iraq on a visit to Baghdad and Erbil in the north of the country to urge them to launch a mature and constructive political dialogue. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the General Secretariat of the Arab League.

Cairo - Sputnik. Aboul Gheit's visit is aimed at supporting the chances of resuming the missing dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil to overcome the obstacle of the referendum declared by the Kurdistan region of Iraq to be organized on September 25.

Abul-Gheit met with Prime Minister Haider al-Abbadi in Baghdad to congratulate him on "Iraq's success in defeating the organization calling for the terrorist and defeat, as well as discussing the tense situation with the Kurdistan region of Iraq against the background of the referendum to be organized there on separation from the Iraqi state."

Abul-Gheit considered that "national alignment is of great importance, especially in the post-elimination stage, and the political and developmental challenges it poses." The promotion and consolidation of the concept of citizenship should be inclusive of all Iraqis according to their sects and political, religious and ethnic affiliations. One federal, pluralistic and democratic Iraq. "

Abul-Gheit then went to Erbil to meet the President of the region Massoud Barzani and put forward his vision, which is based on "the importance of resuming a mature and constructive political dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil in all matters with the readiness of the university to play a role in this regard, with the need to be realistic, In this delicate stage in which the Iraqi homeland needs all its components, and considering that the organization of the referendum planned will not only increase the situation, "according to the statement.

The statement pointed to the letter sent by Aboul Gheit about a month ago to the Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, in which he stressed the University's pride in the survival of the Kurds as an authentic component in the Arab community, especially as the regional scene is fragmented and fragmented.

The statement also stressed the keenness of Aboul Gheit to maintain channels of dialogue between Baghdad and Erbil, as dialogue and strengthening confidence between the central government and the government of the region are the way out of the current impasse.

It is noteworthy that the Kurdish parties announced at a meeting held on 7 June 2017, headed by Kurdistan Regional President Massoud Barzani, set the date of September 25 date for a referendum on the independence of the territory from Iraq, but the decision was rejected by a number of countries, most notably the United States The United States, Turkey, Britain and Iran

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