UN urges Iraqi Kurds to drop referendum, hold talks
Iraq's supreme court has ordered the suspension of a referendum on independence for Iraqi Kurdistan previously set for September 25 (AFP Photo/SAFIN HAMED)/ Baghdad (AFP) - The United Nations has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to drop plans for an independence referendum and enter talks with Baghdad aimed at reaching a deal within three years. Jan Kubis, the top UN envoy in Iraq, offered international backing for immediate negotiations between the country's federal government and the autonomous Kurdish region. In a document seen ...
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