Kurdish leader sees risk over Iraq’s Kirkuk city
withdrawal from Iraq next month will not impact security in the semi autonomous Kurdish region, but Baghdad delay deciding the fate of the canada goose uk shop disputed city of Kirkuk could prove the Kurdish president said on Wednesday.
Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, said he is ready to work with the central government to avoid a canada goose store deterioration 2018 Canada Goose sale in security as Washington uk canada goose pulls out canada goose clearance its remaining 13,000 troops by cheap Canada Goose the end of December. withdrawal will not have Canada Goose Online any impact on the security situation in the Kurdistan region, because there have been no American forces in the region. As for the rest of Iraq security, there is a Canada Goose sale worry, he told Reuters in an interview.
are ready cheap canada goose uk to canadian goose jacket cooperate with Baghdad so as Canada Goose online not to allow canada goose black friday sale any security breach or void, Canada Goose Parka he said.
Baghdad and Kurdistan https://www.canadagooseoutlete.com/ capital Arbil have a long running dispute over territory and oil rights along their internal border, especially over who controls Kirkuk city, which sits atop some of the world largest oil reserves.
A census to determine whether the city has a Kurdish or Arab majority canada goose coats on sale that would back up either claim has canada goose clearance sale been repeatedly delayed. troops withdraw.
Barzani said his government will Canada Goose Coats On Sale continue demanding a vote on the fate of Kirkuk claimed by the Kurds as their ancestral homeland without any concessions.
have exercised the maximum levels of flexibility on this issue and when we approved article 140, we had no doubt on the identity of these areas, they are Kurdish areas, Barzani said.
Article 140 in the Iraqi constitution calls for a resolution of dispute areas through different stages including voting in a referendum. The census would be a key initial step toward a vote on resolving the territorial dispute.
future of Kirkuk is linked to the execution of article 140, if this article was executed then the issue of Kirkuk would be solved and the people of Kirkuk are the ones who will decide their fate, he buy canada goose jacket cheap said.
there are delays or (attempts) to avoid the Iraqi constitution, then the future will be really very dangerous.
Iraq territories disputed by Kurds and uk canada goose outlet the Arab led government in Baghdad, include Kirkuk and areas in Canada Goose Jackets the troubled northern canada goose factory sale Nineveh province.
NO CONCESSIONS Asked if he was willing to offer concessions to Baghdad by giving away Kirkuk to solve a long standing row over oil revenue and contracts, Barzani said: way. This is an identity issue, an issue of honor, an issue of dignity, how could we? The issue of oil and gas is another subject, you can never link them.
Kurdistan is also facing shelling and air strikes by troops in neighboring Iran and Turkey who are trying to strike camps run canada goose by Kurdish rebel groups the PKK and PJAK. Both buy canada goose jacket use the Iraqi border mountains as a refuge from canada goose uk outlet Turkish and Iranian military.
Shelling and air strikes have forced some Kurdistan villagers from their homes along canada goose uk black friday the border.
Barzani said his government could consider sending local canada goose coats Kurdish Peshmerga forces to the region borders with Iran if the situation deteriorated further.
He added the regional government has been in talks with the PKK to stop their military assaults against Turkey. Attacks Canada Goose Outlet by PKK separatist rebels on Turkish military have prompted Ankara to launch airstrikes on the Iraqi border mountains.
are in contact (with the PKK) and will exercise the maximum pressure on the PKK to stop their military operations because this is playing with the fate of the Kurdish people, said Barzani, himself a former guerrilla leader.