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French President Emmanuel Macron has invited Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to visit Paris on Oct. 5, saying the aim is to calm tensions after the deeply divisive Kurdish independence referendum.
source: Kurdpress News Aganecy
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KRG refuses to relinquish border crossings to Iraq
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The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has refused to relinquish control of its border crossings to the Iraqi government as Arab-Kurd tensions simmer in light of Monday’s referendum on the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from the rest of the Iraqi territory.
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Iran bans oil refinery products transportation to and from Kurdistan Region
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The Islamic Republic of Iran has banned the transportation of refined crude oil products by Iranian companies to and from Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Tasnim news agency said on Friday.
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Turkey suspends all flights from Turkey to Kurdistan Region
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Turkey officially announced on Friday that it is indefinitely suspending all flights to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in the wake of the referendum earlier this week in the region.
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Turkish measures against Kurdistan Region won’t target civilians: PM
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Turkey’s measures against Kurdistan Region will not target civilians and instead focus on those who organized the referendum on its independence, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Friday.
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Highly unlikely for Turkey to intervene in Kurdistan Region, economic sanction would backfire
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A Turkish political analyst told Sputnik that despite Turkey’s tough rhetoric it will hardly send troops into Kurdistan Region following Monday’s independence vote in region, as it wants to avoid confrontation with the US and Israel.
source: Kurdpress News Aganecy
Iraqi Kurds may declare independence unilaterally: Official
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Iraqi Kurdistan may unilaterally declare the region’s independence from the central government if Baghdad refuses to recognize the outcome of the recent independence referendum, Iraqi Kurdistan’s representative to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States Khoshavi Babakir told Sputnik on Wednesday.
source: Kurdpress News Aganecy
Turkish, Iraqi PMs discuss KRG referendum results in phone call
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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim and his Iraqi counterpart Haider Al-Abadi discussed in a phone call late Wednesday, September 27, the results of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) independence referendum on Monday.
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Iran, Iraq stress on boosting oil ties
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Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi and Iraqi Oil Minister Abdulkarim Luaibi stressed the need for conducting oil transactions between the two countries.
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Parliament authorizes Iraqi PM to deploy forces in Kirkuk
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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi said on Wednesday, September 27, that the federal government will impose Iraq’s authority in all areas of Kurdistan Region by the force of the Constitution.
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