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Legitimate Rights of Kurds Should Be Respected: Kremlin Spokesperson

Basnews English – 16/10/2017 – 16:37 –  ERBIL — Russia values the relations with both Baghdad and Kurdistan, and stands for finding a peaceful political solution to the situation in the region, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters.The legitimate rights of Kurds in Iraq should be respected, said Peskov.”We definitely stand for resolving all the issues on Iraq’s agenda, involving Baghdad and the Kurds, through peaceful, political, and diplomatic means, while respecting the legitimate rights and interests of the Kurdish people is necessary,” he said as quoted by TASS.

The Russian presidential spokesperson noted that Russia always had close relations with the Iraqi Kurds. According to Peskov, Moscow values its relations with both Erbil and Baghdad.The Iranian-backed militias of Hashd al-Shaabi began just after midnight on October 16 moving onto Kirkuk.  www.mesop.de