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Iran opposes ‘unilateral’ Kurdish independence plan in Iraq
[Iran Press TV] The Iranian Foreign Ministry has expressed Tehran’s opposition to a "unilateral" plan by Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to hold an independence referendum, stressing the importance of maintaining integrity and stability in the Arab country."The principal and clear position of the Islamic Theocratic Republicof Iran is to support Iraq’s territorial integrity and solidarity," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Saturday. "The Kurdistan region is part of the Republic of Iraq," he added. The Iranian spokesperson emphasized that "unilateral" decisions outside the national and legal framework and principles, particularly the Iraqi Constitution, would "only create new problems." This is particularly important at a time when Iraq and the Middle East region are faced with "complicated conditions" and ill-wishers are hatching plots to prolong instability in the country, Qassemi added. The president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government, Masoud Barzani, announced on Twitter on Wednesday that the northern territory would hold an independence referendum on September 25 not only in the three provinces that make up the Kurdish region but in the areas that are disputed by the Kurdish and the central Iraqi governments. However, death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate... the Iraqi government said in a statement on Friday that it would reject any unilateral move by Kurdish regional authorities to press for independence. Posted by: Fred 2017-06-11 |
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