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Barzani meeting with US, UK, German, French, UN officials

By Rudaw 1 hour ago  14 Sept 2017 – DUHOK, Kurdistan Region – Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani is meeting in Duhok with officials from the US, UK, Germany, and France, as well as the UN’s representative to Iraq.

Brett McGurk, US special presidential envoy to the global anti-ISIS coalition, met with Gorran leadership on Wednesday to “make it clear to all political parties that the United States is 100 percent against holding the referendum on September 25,” according to a statement from Gorran.

McGurk said the US, UK, and France pledged to “ensure the success of negotiations with Baghdad in the coming stage” and promised to raise the issue at the UN Security Council in order to assist Erbil and Baghdad to establish new relations.  He also urged the parliament to postpone the referendum.
McGurk, who is at the meeting with Barzani in Duhok, met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday and Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on Wednesday.

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