Kurdish president vows to press on with independence referendum
Kurdish President Masoud Barzani is vowing to go ahead with a referendum on Kurdish independence, despite an Iraqi Supreme Court ruling ordering a halt to next week's vote and stiff opposition from major powers. "The Kurdistan Region will happily negotiate with Baghdad after the referendum," Barzani said in an online statement. "If we cannot become […]Muwafaq Muhammed, Chandrika Narayan and Joe Sterling write for CNN:
Kurdish President Masoud Barzani is vowing to go ahead with a referendum on Kurdish independence, despite an Iraqi Supreme Court ruling ordering a halt to next week's vote and stiff opposition from major powers.
"The Kurdistan Region will happily negotiate with Baghdad after the referendum," Barzani said in an online statement. "If we cannot become good partners within Iraq, then let us be great neighbors."
