{"id":1075,"date":"2017-10-20T17:53:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/netanyahu-lobbies-world-powers-to-support-iraqi-kurds-secession-bid\/"},"modified":"2017-10-20T17:53:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:53:15","slug":"netanyahu-lobbies-world-powers-to-support-iraqi-kurds-secession-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/netanyahu-lobbies-world-powers-to-support-iraqi-kurds-secession-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu lobbies world powers to support Iraqi Kurds\u2019 secession bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\tIsraeli officials, requesting anonymity, said Netanyahu raised the Kurdish plans for independence with German Chancellor Angela Merkel last week, and with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe 67-year-old Chairman of the Likud party also made a reference to the issue in his contacts with French authorities.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tAn Israeli official, who declined to be named, stated that the Tel Aviv regime has security interests in Kurdistan.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThis (territory) is a foothold. It\u2019s a strategic place. It would be best if someone gave them weaponry, and whatever else,\u00a0which we cannot give, obviously,\u201d the official said without providing further detail.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\t\t\tIsrael has maintained military, intelligence and business ties with Iraqi Kurds since 1960s.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cThe issue at present is … to prevent an attack on the Kurds, extermination of the Kurds and any harm to them, their autonomy and region, something that Turkey and Iran and \u2026 other powers in Iraq and part of the Iraqi government want,\u201d Israeli Intelligence Minister, Israel Katz, alleged in an interview with Tel Aviv radio station 102 FM on Friday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cThe prime minister is certainly engaging the United States, Russia, Germany and France to stop the Kurds from being harmed,\u201d Katz said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOn Friday, Iraqi government forces wrested control of a strategic sub-district of Kirkuk province following clashes with Peshmerga forces.<\/p>\n

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A member of the Iraqi Federal Police looks walks down a road carrying an M16 assault rifle, with a rocket launcher hanging on his shoulder, in the region of Altun Kupri, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on October 20, 2017. (Photo by AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cIraqi Federal Police and Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) forces, along with fighters from Popular Mobilization Units \u2013 commonly known by the name Hashd al-Sha\u2019abi, have secured Kirkuk\u2019s northern Altun Kupri sub-district,\u201d the Iraqi Defense Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIraqi Army Captain Jabbar Hasan said Iraqi federal forces had given Peshmerga forces 24 hours to vacate their strongholds in Altunkopru, and withdraw to areas controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPeshmerga forces, however, had rejected the ultimatum, Hasan said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe referendum on secession of the Kurdistan region was held on September 25 despite strong opposition from the central government in Baghdad, the international community, and Iraq’s neighboring countries, especially Turkey and Iran.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tFollowing the vote, Baghdad imposed a ban on direct international flights to the Kurdish region and called for a halt to its independent crude oil sales.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tOn October 12, an Iraqi government spokesman said Baghdad had set a series of conditions that the KRG\u00a0needed to meet before any talks on the resolution of the referendum crisis could start.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\u201cThe KRG must first commit to Iraq’s unity. The local authorities in the [Kurdistan] region\u2026 must accept the sovereign authority of the federal government on\u2026 oil exports, [as well as] security and border protection, including land and air entry points,\u201d the unnamed Iraqi official added.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tIraqi Prime Minister\u00a0Haider al-Abadi has already demanded the annulment of\u00a0the referendum.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tDuring a recent press conference in\u00a0Paris, Abadi\u00a0said his government did not seek\u00a0confrontation with Iraqi Kurds, but reiterated Baghdad\u2019s position that the vote was illegal\u00a0and that problems should be solved within the framework of Iraq\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n

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