{"id":849,"date":"2017-09-26T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T06:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/iraq-refuses-talks-with-kurds-about-referendum-results\/"},"modified":"2017-09-26T06:25:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T06:25:24","slug":"iraq-refuses-talks-with-kurds-about-referendum-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/iraq-refuses-talks-with-kurds-about-referendum-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq refuses talks with Kurds about referendum results"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Iraqi government will not hold talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) about the results of Monday’s \u2018unconstitutional\u2019 referendum on independence in northern Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\t“We are not ready to discuss or have a dialogue about the results of the referendum because it is unconstitutional,” Abadi said in a speech broadcast on state TV on Monday night, AL JAZEERA reported.<\/p>\n

\n\t“Most of the problems of the Kurdish region are internal ones, not and not with Baghdad, and will be increased with the calls for separation,” Abadi said, adding: “The economic and financial problems the region is suffering from are the result of corruption and mis-administration,” the prime minister said.<\/p>\n

\n\tMasoud Barzani, the leader of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), said the referendum is not binding and was meant to be a legitimate mandate to negotiate with Baghdad and neighboring countries over the secession of the Kurdish-controlled region from Iraq.<\/p>\n

\n\tErbil-based Rudaw TV, citing the Independent High Elections and Referendum Commission, said 78 percent of the more than five million eligible voters turned out to vote.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Kirkuk, authorities declared a curfew an hour and a half before polls closed as jubilant Kurds started to celebrate.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe vote was expected to deliver a comfortable \u2018yes\u2019, and final results should be announced in 72 hours.<\/p>\n

\n\tUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed regret that the Kurds have gone ahead with the referendum.<\/p>\n

\n\tUN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Guterres noted the referendum was “unilaterally declared, included disputed areas” and was opposed by Iraqi authorities and the global community.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe spokesman said, \u201cGuterres regretted that opportunities for negotiations were not seized and viewed the decision to hold the vote as potentially destabilizing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe vote held Monday was billed by the Kurdish leadership as an exercise in self-determination. To Baghdad, the vote threatens a redrawing of Iraq’s borders, while leaders in Turkey and Iran fear the move would embolden their own Kurdish populations.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurkey’s military confirmed that Turkey and Iraq will conduct joint military drills in Turkey, along an area bordering Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.<\/p>\n

\n\tA military statement on Monday announced a new \u2018phase\u2019 in the military exercises that were launched last week in a clear warning to Iraqi Kurds, saying units from Iraq’s armed forces would arrive in Turkey later in the evening to join Turkish troops.<\/p>\n

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\n\tTurkish army tanks prepared for exercises in Silopi, near the Habur border gate with Iraq, southeastern Turkey, on Monday. (DHA-DEPO\/AP)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe joint drills are set to kick off on Tuesday, the military said, without providing details.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Turkish military also published photographs of Iraqi troops, including one showing them holding the flags of Turkey and Iraq and posing in front of an Iraqi Air Force plane.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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