US on Kurdish Referendum: We Appreciate the Legitimate Aspirations of the People of Iraqi Kurdistan
US State Department Spokesperson Heather Nauert commented on the news on holding a referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
The statement reads:
"We support a unified, stable, democratic, and a federal Iraq. We understand and appreciate the legitimate aspirations of the people of Iraqi Kurdistan.
We have expressed our concerns to the authorities in the Kurdistan region that holding a referendum, even a nonbinding resolution at this time, will distract from urgent priorities – and that would be the defeat of ISIS, the stabilization, the return of displaced people, managing of the region’s economic crisis, and resolving the region’s internal political disputes.
We would also encourage the regional authorities to engage with the Government of Iraq on a full range of important issues between the future of relations between Baghdad and Erbil."
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