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    Phone diplomacy prevented a confrontation between Baghdad and Erbil

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    Phone diplomacy prevented a confrontation between Baghdad and Erbil Empty Phone diplomacy prevented a confrontation between Baghdad and Erbil

    Post by Rocky Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:36 am

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    Phone diplomacy prevented a confrontation between Baghdad and Erbil


     Translation / Hamid Ahmed 

    Over the past three weeks, all television news and social media outlets have indicated by all accounts the possibility of imminent battles between the federal government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government. Kurdish officials have accused federal forces of killing last month when they seized control of 20 percent of the territory that had long been under Kurdish control. On the other hand, Iraqi parliamentarians called for the imprisonment of their Kurdish colleagues who supported the independence referendum held on September 25.
    However, amid these difficulties, leaders from Baghdad, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah exchanged almost daily telephone calls aimed at crystallizing solutions to calm the problems caused by the referendum and making thousands of federal forces and Peshmerga forces mobilized to confront each other to eliminate any military confrontation between them. 
    Talks between the two parties have been very important since the ceasefire talks between Baghdad and Erbil on October 29 ended only two days ago.
    "The channels of dialogue and communication have not stopped," Iraqi government spokesman Saad al-Hadithi said in an interview with The New York Times. Three officials who took part in the informal talks said they discussed temporary arrangements for very pressing issues for both sides, including control of the border crossing with Turkey and Syria, where about a fifth of Iraq's oil exports pass. They asked not to be named because they were talking about a sensitive diplomatic issue. 
    Conflict of decision illustrates the nature of the political situation scattered in Iraq, where the main players sometimes have no official authority to be elected. It also highlights the structurally dangerous structure of the political spectrum in a country where elected officials can sometimes be ignored and constrained by rival parties within their own party and even by parties close to them.
    While informal talks over the past two weeks have helped maintain cross-border trade from oil exports and the flow of consumer goods and food between the region, Turkey and Syria, they have not been breached. 
    Diplomats say that Iraq's distinction in conducting sensitive negotiations in secret, often carried out by active people outside their official roles, may be confusing and confusing to other outsiders. 
    Emboldened by a wave of victories over a sympathetic organization, Abbadi directed his forces in October to re-establish government control throughout the country. The independence referendum encouraged him to annex many areas under Kurdish control for a long time. While there were no official statistics of casualties, according to two military commanders familiar with the situation, nearly 65 people were killed in clashes that erupted during the advance of federal forces.
    While tensions were boiling, Baghdad announced on October 28 a cease-fire and a round of talks between military commanders of the Iraqi army and Peshmerga forces, apparently an attempt to allow federal forces to control the border crossing without further bloodshed. 
    On the other hand, on October 29, the talks broke down amid a hardened stance by the Kurds towards the new balance of power. 
    According to Sheikh Jaafar Mustafa, a Peshmerga leader and one of four Kurdish negotiators, he said the talks were "interspersed with security and political matters." Noting that his negotiating team had no political authorization to approve any agreement with the Baghdad government. "We had to have political approval for any agreement and therefore no agreement was reached," he said.
    At that stage increased dependence on diplomacy of informal telephone calls between the leaders of the parties, such as that between the Deputy Prime Minister of the region, Qubad Talabani and the Baghdad government of Deputy Chief of Staff and the Director of Iraqi Intelligence. According to Turkish and Iraqi officials, these calls helped to avoid any new clashes near the border, despite the increasing mobilization of Iraqi forces, and also helped to continue to open the border crossing for trade and the flow of oil exports, although at a lower rate.



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