Turkey says Iraqi Kurds’ referendum devise ‘irresponsible’
A Kurdish dwindle flutters atop a Citadel of Erbil, northern Iraq Jun 8, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS
ANKARA: Turkey on Friday warned that an “irresponsible” preference by Iraq’s unconstrained Kurdish segment to reason an autonomy referendum would be a “grave mistake.”
Iraq’s Kurdish region, with that Turkey has fake tighten trade ties, announced this week that it would opinion on either to separate from a rest of Iraq and form an eccentric region.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called a preference “irresponsible”, adding that Ankara championed Iraq’s territorial integrity.
“We have adequate problems in a region. We trust it is not scold to emanate a new area of conflict,” a premier told reporters.
“We trust this is a preference that has been done irresponsibly.”
In a statement, a Turkish unfamiliar method pronounced to safety Iraq’s territorial firmness and domestic togetherness was one of Turkey’s elemental Iraq policies.
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“We trust that a proclamation by a (Iraqi Kurdish region) to reason an autonomy referendum on Sep 25… will consecrate a grave mistake,” it added.
Kurds are touted as a world’s largest stateless people, after being denied their possess nation in a arise of World War I, and are widespread between Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey.
Turkey has a vast Kurdish minority with that a supervision has been intent in a multi-decade armed conflict, and Ankara fears that Iraqi Kurdish autonomy could fuel increasing calls for a identical pierce within a territory.
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The unfamiliar method also pronounced a vital emanate faced by Iraq is a quarrel opposite a Islamic State (IS) organisation and a need to reconstruct a nation after a dispute there.
The oneness shown in a quarrel opposite IS “should be followed in a post-Daesh duration and a issues that regard a destiny of a nation should be tackled with general and inherent legitimacy,” a unfamiliar method said, regulating an choice Arabic name for Islamic State.
“It is transparent that underneath those unusual conditions, a referendum on regions whose standing are doubtful will be distant from reflecting a people’s will.”
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