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Turkey, Iran and Iraq agreed to consider countermeasures against Kurdish northern Iraq over a planned independence referendum, Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tIn a joint statement, the foreign ministers of the three countries voiced concerns that the referendum would endanger the gains Iraq has made against Daesh, and reiterated their fears over the potential for new conflicts in the region, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIn the meeting, the three ministers emphasized that the referendum will not be beneficial for the Kurds and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and agreed, in this regard, to consider taking countermeasures in coordination,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe statement said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and their Iraqi counterpart, Ibrahim Jaafari, expressed concern that conflicts surfacing as a result of the referendum would \u201cprove difficult to contain.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe statement gave no details on the possible measures but said the ministers, who were in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly, called on the international community to intervene.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurkey\u2019s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to impose sanctions against Kurdish northern Iraq. Turkish troops are also carrying out military exercises near the border.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe central government in Baghdad, Iraq\u2019s neighbors and Western powers fear the vote could divide the country and spark a wider regional conflict, after Arabs and Kurds cooperated to dislodge Daesh terrorists from its stronghold in Mosul.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe three ministers also voiced their \u201cstrong commitment\u201d to maintain Iraq\u2019s territorial and political unity, the Turkish Foreign Ministry\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurkey, which has pulled a cabinet meeting and National Security Council session forward to Friday over the referendum, will also convene Parliament for an extraordinary meeting on Saturday, the chairman of the ruling AK Party\u2019s parliamentary group said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\tAuthorities in Iraq\u2019s Kurdish region have announced that the northern territory will hold the independence referendum on September 25.<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Monday, Iraq\u2019s top court ordered the suspension of the Kurdistan Regional Government\u2019s referendum on independence.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Supreme Court\u2019s ruling calls for all preparations for the planned vote to be halted, following a review of multiple \u201crequests to stop the referendum.\u201d<\/p>\n

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