PUK reluctant to abolish ‘strategic agreement’ with KDP
Senior members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) say they are reluctant to formally abolish the Strategic Agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), despite the political upheaval since the September polls. The PUK came close to collapsing, after its leader Jalal Talabani suffered a heart attack in December 2012 and the party lost […]Senior members of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) say they are reluctant to formally abolish the Strategic Agreement with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), despite the political upheaval since the September polls.
The PUK came close to collapsing, after its leader Jalal Talabani suffered a heart attack in December 2012 and the party lost to the rival Change Movement (Gorran) in the Kurdish polls last September.
