MESOP SHORT CUTS : Massoud Barzani repeats threat against Baghdad

31-3-2014 – Kurdpress – The President of Iraqi northern region of Kurdistan Massoud Barzani repeated its threat against the central government and said the self-ruling region will be made to make new decisions if the central government continues its policies against the region.

In a meeting with the Italian Ambassador to Iraq Masimu Maruti on Sunday, Barzani said the region has always tries to stabilize peace in Iraq in the past 11 years and has ignored many of its rights but “Baghdad officials do not want to stay with the law.” “If Baghdad officials continue breaching law and ignoring cooperation and partnership agreements then we will reconsider our ties with Baghdad. It is a legal right for us,” he added. During his Newroz speech the Kurdish official had threatened to make “other decisions” if the central government do not change his policies towards the region.