US Secretary of State confirms Abadi spoken to not to his country's support for a referendum Kurdist

US Secretary of State confirms Abadi spoken to not to his country's support for a referendum Kurdistan


Saturday June 24 2017 13:50

confirmed the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi, Saturday, not to support the United States for a referendum scheduled to take place in the Kurdistan region during the month of September next, calling for cooperation with the Baghdad government to meet the challenges of stability and reconstruction after the liberation of the Iraqi lands from the grip of the organization "Daesh", while praised the Iraqi positions "balanced" of regional crises.


Ebadi said office in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, " The Prime Minister received yesterday evening, a telephone call from US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , " noting that the latter congratulated Abadi , " the successes achieved in the battle to liberate Mosul and political success and diplomatic regional openness Iraq, also reviewed the results of the recent visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Kuwait. "

He pointed Abadi, according to the statement, to "Iraq 's clear vision to move the region away from the specter of conflicts and wars, and go hard to confirm the cultural commonalities, historical, and the development of economic interests between the peoples of the region and their countries

Abadi stressed" the importance of benefiting from the successful experience of cooperation between the army and the Peshmerga in the liberation of Mosul battles " , pointing to " the need to unify positions and mobilize international efforts to support the strengthening of the financial situation, economic, and building state institutions."

He stressed " the need to direct all local and external efforts to focus on the elimination of Daesh terrorist gangs, and not to be drawn to the battles of Jean Yeh. "

For his part, the price Tillerson" Iraqi attitudes balanced regional crises and problems, and the importance of Iraq 's role in the stability of the region and cooperation between their countries. "

Renewed Tillerson" the position of the United States not to support the referendum scheduled to take place in Kurdistan, and the need to focus efforts to cooperate with the central government to confront the challenges of stability and reconstruction after the completion of the battles for liberation. "

held a meeting of Kurdish parties, on Wednesday (June 7, 2017) in the resort of Salahuddin in Arbil , chaired by the President of the Kurdistan region , Massoud Barzani , the center of the province of some political forces, and agreed that the parties to hold a popular referendum on the fate of the Least M in the twenty - fifth of next September, also agreed to hold parliamentary elections and the presidency of the region on the sixth of November.


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