Barzani confirms the full commitment to work with Abdul Mahdi to resolve the outstanding issues

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Kurdistan agrees to send 250 thousand barrels of oil per day to Baghdad

By ahad5 View  16/07/2019 06:34 PM | Number of readings: 803

Al Ahd News - Follow-up

Sources confirmed that the delegation of the region, which is visiting Baghdad agreed to send 250 thousand barrels of oil and placed in the revenues of the national oil company "Sumo".

The source said that the approval was made by the Kurdish delegation headed by Barzani pleased with the payment of Baghdad 880 billion dinars as salaries to the employees of Kurdistan and Peshmerga

She added that the Prime Minister of Kurdistan pleased Barzani confirmed that Baghdad sent 443 billion dinars only to the region, which forced him to export his oil to distribute the salaries of his employees .

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Al-Abadi's coalition expresses its position on the visit of Barzani delighted to Baghdad

 

 2019/07/17 03:50:49

 

The coalition of victory, led by Haider Abadi on Wednesday welcomed the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government pleased Barzani to the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

"We welcome the visit of the Kurdistan Regional Government President Barzani pleased to Baghdad and welcome any contact between Baghdad and Erbil to resolve the outstanding differences," said MP Nada Shaker Jawdat.

Jawdat explained that "dialogue and reconciliation is good to overcome the difficulties and obstacles, and resolve differences, such dialogues and nonsense, we welcome this visit, especially as the provincial government is newly formed."

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region pleased Barzani accompanied by a high-level government delegation on Tuesday in Baghdad, during which he met with President Barham Salih, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, and Speaker of the House of Representatives Mohammed Halbusi.

Barzani announced after the conclusion of the meeting with the three presidencies of the agreement on the start of technical committees between Arbil and Baghdad dialogues to resolve differences and outstanding issues between the two sides.

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Turkmen Front: Any deal between Baghdad and Erbil on Kirkuk will not pass peacefully

Political | 09:40 - 17/07/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - 
The Turkmen Front warned Wednesday of any measures that could be agreed between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government away from the desire of the people of Kirkuk. 
"We warn of any measures that can be agreed between the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government away from the desire of the people of Kirkuk, especially from the Turkmen," said the deputy head of the Front, Hassan Tauran. 
He added that "any solution to Kirkuk, and repeat here what we said earlier through a deal at the expense of the people of Kirkuk, will not pass in peace." 
He continued: "We will not accept prejudice to what has been achieved in the operations of law enforcement and the dismantling of Kirkuk as stipulated by the Constitution through its management by its components and the uniqueness of one party."

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The Kurdistan Democratic Party is talking about a road map to achieve balance in Kirkuk

Political | 09:22 - 17/07/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - 
The Kurdish Democratic Party, on Wednesday, a road map to achieve balance in the province of Kirkuk. 
The head of the party's parliamentary bloc, Vian Sabri, said that "the position of the Kurdistan Democratic Party from all current developments is expressed by President Massoud Barzani recently." In reference to the recent situation in Kirkuk. 
On what can be understood about Kirkuk, she said that "we see that Kirkuk is the city of peaceful coexistence, and the only way to solve their problems must be within the framework of the Constitution and the return of Kirkuk to its former conditions." 
Sabri pointed out that "we have to take advantage of the positive atmosphere in the relationship between Erbil and Baghdad, and that any agreement between the Kurdish parties should be seen only on the positive side, and that the consensus between the Kurds and the other parties and components in the political equation of Kirkuk and Baghdad is the road map that we All succeed. "

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Barzani announced near the start of the relevant committees between Arbil and Baghdad to intensify dialogues

Political | 01:06 - 17/07/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD - Mawazin News 
Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, pleased Barzani, Wednesday, near the start of the relevant committees between Arbil and Baghdad to intensify dialogues to reach radical solutions. 
Barzani's press office said in a statement that the latter met today with a senior British delegation composed of General Sir John Lorimer, the top advisor to the British Ministry of Defense for the Middle East, John Wilkes, the British ambassador to Iraq, and British Consul General in the Kurdistan region James Sorrenton. 
The statement added that "the meeting discussed the importance of continued cooperation and coordination of Britain and the International Alliance with the Peshmerga forces." 
For his part, said Barzani, "soon will begin the committees concerned between Arbil and Baghdad to intensify dialogues to reach radical solutions to outstanding issues in accordance with the Constitution." 
He stressed, "the continued coordination in the face of the movements of the organization, which is now active in a number of areas of Iraq."

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Azzur al-Bazani reveals more talks with Baghdad to clear the differences

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Al-Ahed News - Baghdad

The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, that the relevant joint committees between Erbil and Baghdad, will soon increase their talks aimed at reaching a radical solution to the outstanding problems.

This came during the reception of the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan region, pleased Barzani, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, a military delegation and a British diplomat, visiting the Kurdistan Region, consisting of General Sir John Lorimer, senior adviser to the British Ministry of Defense for the Middle East, and John Wilkes, Britain's ambassador to Iraq, And Jamie Sorrenton, the new British Consul General in the Kurdistan Region.

"The Prime Minister pointed out during a meeting with the British delegation that" the relevant committees between Erbil and Baghdad will conduct further talks aimed at reaching a radical solution to outstanding problems, in accordance with the Constitution, "and that" the meeting noted the importance of continued cooperation and coordination in the The face of moves in some parts of Iraq. "

The statement said that the British delegation offered congratulations to the Prime Minister of the Territory on the occasion of the launch of the government cab, and described the visit of the high-level Kurdistan to Baghdad as important and necessary. The importance of the continued assistance of Britain and the countries of the International Coalition of Peshmerga forces was also mentioned

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The first scenes after the assassination of the Turkish Deputy Consul in Erbil
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Turkish deputy consul and two employees were killed in an armed attack in Arbil

Editorial date: 2019/7/17 15:08 • 89 times read

(Arbil: Euphrates News) A security source in the province of Arbil, Wednesday, the killing of three employees of the Turkish Consulate in Arbil armed attack, indicating that including Deputy Consul.

The source told the {Euphrates News} that "three employees of the Turkish Consulate in Arbil were shot by a person inside a restaurant near the consulate headquarters." 
"One of the people killed is the deputy consul of Turkey," the source said. 
"The incident was followed by clashes between al-Asayish forces and unknown gunmen in Ankawa before the road between Erbil and Makhmour district was closed," he said.

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2019/07/17 14:00

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Law: resolving the wanted list in the province a condition for an oil agreement with Kurdistan

Baghdad / obelisk: The coalition of state law led by Nuri al-Maliki, on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, the need to resolve the file wanted for the Iraqi judiciary, who are present in the Kurdistan region and make it a condition before the conclusion of any new oil agreement with the region.

The leader of the coalition, Mohamed Chihod, in an interview with local media, "The outstanding and controversial issues between Baghdad and Erbil, many and large, and some serious and not limited to oil and gas only."

And between the Chihod, that "the wanted list of the Iraqi judiciary, who are present in the Kurdistan region, including Rafie al-Issawi and Najmuddin Karim and Noufal Aakoub, a serious files which affect the prestige of the Iraqi state, and its impact on the national security of Iraq, and this must resolve the file wanted in Erbil before the conclusion of any agreement With the new oil region and make it a condition, and resolve other files with one basket and not to resolve the file and leave another file.

This comes at a time when both Erbil and Baghdad seek to resolve the oil dispute, and secure the delivery of Kurdistan 250 thousand barrels of oil per day, according to the federal budget law for 2019, where he visited the head of the regional government, Massur Barzani, Baghdad, in this regard.

A source familiar with the disclosure of Barzani during his talks with federal government officials, headed by Abdul Mahdi, a proposal to end the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, and said, according to the source, the approval of the Kurdistan region to "send 250 thousand barrels of oil and put it in the revenues of the National Oil Company (Sumo), in return for the payment of Baghdad to the amount of 880 billion dinars, the amounts allocated to pay salaries of employees and the Peshmerga.

The source, who preferred not to be named, said in an interview with local media that "the other file discussed by Barzani is the reactivation of the five joint committees that were in the time of Barzani's Nechirvan and the situation on the situation in Kirkuk and the disputed areas after the work of those committees ceased and no longer Send reports and do not meet as it was happening monthly, and also discussed the supervision of the federal government to resolve the naming of positions in Kirkuk and resolve the outstanding issues between the three components.

After that, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that the Kurdistan Regional Government President Barzani pleased with him, "there is a real intention" to resolve the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil.

Abdul-Mahdi said during his weekly press conference that "Barzani confirmed the existence of a genuine intention to resolve outstanding issues within the framework of the Constitution."

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After the killing of Turks .. A curfew in three areas in central Erbil

15:28 - 17/07/2019

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Information / Baghdad ...

A security source in the Asayish Kurdish forces on Wednesday, the imposition of a curfew in three areas of central Erbil, against the background of the attack on members of the Turkish Consulate in the province.

"The Kurdish Asayish forces imposed a curfew on 40th Street, 60th Street, Ein Kawa, and the road leading to Harshem in the heart of Erbil," the source told Al-Maalouma.

He added that "the scene of the incident so far surrounded and imposed strict measures in the targeted area."

Arbil police chief Major General Maffurr Abdul Khaleq Talat announced through the "Information" earlier in the afternoon Wednesday, the end of the attack on the members of the Turkish Consulate, killing and wounding 4 Turks, including the Deputy Consul of Turkey.

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/07/17/418323/

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Turkish diplomat killed in Erbil, Iraq

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 17 July 2019 04:15 PM

Direct: Turkish Foreign Ministry said that an employee of the Turkish Consulate in Erbil was killed in an armed attack while outside the consulate.

The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that it had been attacked during an armed attack outside the Consulate General building.

The agency quoted the Iraqi Foreign Ministry as saying that it condemned the incident that took place a Turkish diplomat in Erbil and with Iraqi facilities.

"The perpetrators of this treacherous attack will receive an appropriate response," said Ibrahim Kalan, a spokesman for the Turkish presidency.

He added that "the work started to find these criminals."

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Asayish Arbil announces the details of the Turkish consulate attack

16:29 - 17/07/2019

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Information / Baghdad ..

The Directorate of Asayish Arbil, Wednesday, details of the attack on employees of the Turkish Consulate in the province.

"A shooting incident took place today in front of a restaurant in the city of Arbil and, unfortunately, killed one employee of the Turkish consulate and one of the citizens, as well as wounding a third person," the director said in a statement.

"At the same time, we want to reassure the people of Erbil, especially the diplomats, that we will not forgive anyone to destabilize security and stability in the Kurdistan region, and opened an investigation into the incident and the perpetrators will receive their fair punishment."

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry condemned on Wednesday the killing of a Turkish diplomat in an attack by gunmen in the central province of Arbil, while confirmed the injury of ethnic facilities caused by the incident.

Arbil police chief Major General Maffur Abdul Khaliq Talat announced earlier Wednesday that the attack on the Turkish consulate had ended with the death and wounding of four people, including the Turkish consul's assistant, while security forces imposed a curfew in three areas of central Erbil.

https://www.almaalomah.com/2019/07/17/418336/

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Campaign in disputed Khanaqin aims to implement Article 140 of Iraqi Constitution 

 Hiwa Shilani |

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https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/d91af34c-e62e-4687-80c2-4c36750bab05

 

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A booth in Khanaqin where signatures are being gathered. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

 

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ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The civil organization committee in the disputed Khanaqin and its surrounding areas has launched a campaign to gather signatures to support the implementation of Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution.

The campaign began as a result of the dire security situation in the disputed town and its surrounding villages. It has gathered over 3,000 signatures in 24 hours.

Wesam Ahmed, an activist who participated in organizing the movement, said the Khanaqin region “represents a town of coexistence.”

He added that the campaign would benefit “all the different ethnicities and factions in the town” and help ensure Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, related to the status of disputed areas, is enacted.

“Invoking the article will benefit all the different ethnicities in the city to ensure their rights,” Ahmed told Kurdistan 24.

Khanaqin is a disputed territory between Baghdad and Erbil, with a predominantly Kurdish population, located in the province of Diyala.

According to Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution, the future of Kirkuk and other disputed areas was to be decided with a local referendum where the people who live in these provinces choose if they want to join the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) or remain under the administration of the Iraqi government. The deadline for the referendum was 2007. However, no such vote has taken place.

Those who signed the petition hope Article 140 is implemented, so collective security between the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Peshmerga fills the security void which has resulted in the evacuation of 20 Kurdish villages in the area.  

In recent years, the area was under the protection of Peshmerga troops, but following the Oct. 16, 2017, attack and military takeover by Iraqi forces and Shia militias, the region has witnessed increased instability.

Iraq declared victory against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in December 2017, but the terror group continues to carry out insurgency attacks, ambushes, and kidnappings in several provinces, including Kirkuk, Nineveh, Anbar, Salahuddin, and Diyala.

 

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Wednesday، 17 July 2019 12:01 PM

KRG seeks 'constructive' partnership with Baghdad: PM Barzani

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https://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/42803/KRG-seeks-constructive-partnership-with-Baghdad-PM-Barzani

 

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani has said his government seeks to build “a genuine and constructive” partnership with the Iraqi federal government in Baghdad.

In remarks on Twitter after concluding his visit to Baghdad, Barzani said, “The KRG is fully committed to settling its outstanding issues with our federal counterparts, based on a clear understanding of both parties’ rights and duties as set out in the constitution.”

During the visit, which was the first for Barzani since he took office last week, he met with Iraqi President Barham Salih, Prime Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi, and Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi.

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A pleased visit .. The issue of Kirkuk took a wide space in the dialogue and this is what Baghdad rejected

Political | 11:46 - 18/07/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
The issue of Kirkuk took a big part in the dialogue during a visit by the Kurdish leader, Barzani and his high-ranking delegation to Baghdad on Tuesday, government sources said. 
The sources said that "the issue of Kirkuk took a large space in the dialogue yesterday between Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, and the head of the regional government Massurur Barzani, and they decided to be the first outstanding files between Baghdad and Erbil from Kirkuk." 
He added that "Baghdad informed Barzani the impossibility of the return of the situation in Kirkuk until before October 2017, when the city under the authority of the Peshmerga fully, stressing that the federal forces are administered as an Iraqi city, like any other city, and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution "He said. 
He stressed that "the Iraqi government considered the safest way is the compromise and consensus between the population and forces of Kirkuk political, and not impose an equation of some kind at the expense of any component in them."
"The file of Kirkuk will be the first files to be directed to Baghdad and Erbil to be addressed in the near future, and Baghdad is waiting for the two Kurdish parties to agree on a unified position on the city and fill the vacuum of the position of the governor occupied by proxy for nearly two years by Rakan Jubouri."

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Nadia Mrad Trump personally reports why the Yezidis are unable to return to their areas in Iraq

 

PolicyIraqKurdistan RegionNadia MuradYezidisWashington ,US PresidentDonald Trump

 2019/07/18 02:08:39

 

The Yazidis Nadia Murad, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said that the Isidis can not return to their areas because of the "conflict" between the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to control these areas, as she put it

In a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House in a delegation of victims of religious persecution, Murat said that even after defeating a supporter, the Yezidis can not return to those areas.

According to Murad, some 3,000 Yazidis and a child are still in captivity after they were abducted by members of the Baath party in 2014.

Mourad was captured in the aftermath of an offensive attack with several of her relatives.

Trump met a group of survivors of religious persecution, including Christians from North Korea, China and Muslims from Myanmar.

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PM Barzani, US Diplomatic Delegation Discuss Greater Economic Ties

 

 Basnews English 18/07/2019 - 13:23 Published in Kurdistan

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/534369

ERBIL — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received a US diplomatic delegation led by Ambassador Matthew Tueller on Wednesday, and they discussed ways to further strengthen economic ties.

The US envoy reiterated Washington’s support to the new cabinet of KRG, and said his country will encourage more investments in Kurdistan Region.

Tueller also highlighted the recent visit by a KRG delegation to Baghdad where PM Barzani held separate meetings with the Iraqi leaders. The US ambassador said he hopes authorities in Baghdad would also play an active role to address the remaining disputes between Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

Discussing the new KRG cabinet, Barzani said he was committed to implementing the previously introduced agenda of his cabinet fully which will focus on improving public services, health, education, and agriculture sectors.

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2019/07/18 18:20

Parliamentary power: Abdul-Mahdi is obliged to apply the law towards the region and obligate him to pay the oil dues

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BAGHDAD / The obelisk: The Committee on oil and energy parliamentary, on Thursday, July 18, 2019, that the House of Representatives will require the government to implement the provisions of the Federal Budget Law for the year 2019 to withhold oil funds from the dues of the financial region, while it indicated that the House of Representatives will host Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and the ministers concerned during the days Coming.

"The Federal Budget Law of 2019 included a paragraph by deducting oil money from the dues of the financial region if it does not commit to pay the dues of oil exports," said the head of the committee, Hibet Halbusi, in a press statement. "The deduction will be made according to the prices on the international oil exchange."

He added that "Abdul-Mahdi is obliged to apply the law to the region and obligate him to pay the dues of oil exports or resort to taking money from the dues of the financial region in accordance with the budget law," noting that "the House of Representatives will host Abdul Mahdi and oil ministers Thamer Ghadhban and Finance Fouad Hussein to find out why the region's non-compliance To pay the financial dues of oil exports. "

The MP on the alliance Fath Fadhlawi, Tuesday 16 July 2019, the preparation of the House of Representatives a paragraph within the draft federal budget law for the year 2020 included the deduction of receivables from the oil of the non-Muslim province to the center according to the agreement.

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Why the Kurdistan region of Iraq is making a new start

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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, right, meets with Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdistan region of Iraq, in Baghdad, on Tuesday. (Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office via Reuters) (Handout/Reuters)

By Masrour Barzani

 

July 18 at 11:22 AM

Masrour Barzani is prime minister of the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

After 16 years of upheaval in Iraq and five brutal years of war with the Islamic State terrorist group, a foe that imperiled all of humanity, we are embarking on a new journey toward building a stronger Kurdistan. The next four years will be a defining time for us, our neighbors and our allies in which we, the Kurdistan Regional Government, look past our recent traumas, consolidate our place in the region and secure a presence on the international stage. In short, we want to make a new start.

Last week, I formed a government to lead the Kurdistan region of Iraq. My mission is to change the way we do things, both at home and abroad. As prime minister, I will offer a different way of doing business that feeds off the challenges we’ve endured, builds on our achievements and responds to an evolving global dynamic.

The fight against the Islamic State, which we helped lead on behalf of the global community, has damaged us economically. The burden has become intolerable. The cost of war, federal budget cuts by the government in Baghdad and the mass movement of refugees to our lands has left us with billions of dollars in debt.

Throughout our hardships, we have remained a friend and ally of the West and a partner in the region. Since the Islamic State took over much of western Iraq and eastern Syria in mid-2014, we have shown that our fight against the terrorists was as much about protecting our allies as it was about safeguarding ourselves.

We have provided intelligence that has foiled terrorist attacks abroad and offered refuge to almost 2 million people fleeing persecution. We have clearly demonstrated our good faith as global citizens, sheltering Arabs, Kurds, Muslims, Yazidis, Christians, Turkmen and others. Ten kilometers from our parliament building is a thriving community of Christians, from all parts of the Middle East, who are building churches and worshiping in peace.

The cost of other refugees, however, is increasing and remains only partly funded. We cannot perform our role as hosts alone. We need to secure a future for the displaced and for ourselves, and we seek the help of our friends in the West in several ways.

Our challenges begin inside Iraqi Kurdistan, which has been our homeland throughout the ages. As prime minister, I will implement reforms that will adopt global best practices and bring accountability to all arms of our civil service and cabinet.

My government will create a diversified economy that delivers growing prosperity for all. We will enact legislation to make Kurdistan a welcoming and attractive location for investors. We will integrate and modernize our armed forces. And we will transform public services and tackle corruption to ensure that government serves the people, not the other way around. Engaging us politically and financially will be essential to this transformation, and I call on our friends to do so.

I will also take steps to reset the relationship between Irbil and Baghdad, which has remained fraught for the past 16 years. For most of that time we have essentially governed ourselves, though without breaking our tie with Iraq.

By agreement, we have received a quota of the Iraqi budget. But the allocations are rarely delivered in full. It is time for a more constructive and stable partnership with Baghdad. This week I made my first visit as prime minister to Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, taking with me proposals to settle the disputes between us over oil, territory, budgets and the role of our armed forces. I want to ensure that our agreements are honored through a fair distribution of budget proceeds. A resolution would offer the bedrock for future cooperation. Our future is wedded to a secure and democratic Iraq.

In 2017, Iraqi Kurdistan held a referendum on independence. The ballot was nonbinding, but an overwhelming 93 percent of people voted in favor. While we would have welcomed greater support from the international community for our right to self-determination, our priority now is to create a strong, stable Kurdistan region anchored within the international community. We ask those whom we helped protect to acknowledge the constructive global role we have played by helping us build our economy

Over many generations of conflict, every family in Iraqi Kurdistan has suffered a personal loss. We can no longer relinquish solidarity, or squander the sacrifices made by so many, through returning to the squabbling that plagued relationships between parties and neighbors.

We have many friends in the international community who wish us well, but it is time to do more. We reaffirm our role as honest brokers trusted by all. We do this through the prism of true friendship, having displayed our steadfast support for the interests of our allies, including the United States, and a commitment to democratic values. We need our friends to help us start again.

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