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Publish Date : 17 September 2017 - 11:00  ,  
News ID: 2319

Turkey says northern Iraqi referendum an issue of national security

TEHRAN (Basirta) :Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Saturday that the planned independence referendum in northern Iraq is an issue of national security, and Turkey will take any necessary steps.

 Turkey says northern Iraqi referendum an issue of national security

On Friday, Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani said the vote would not be delayed, despite requests from the United States and other Western powers worried that tensions between Baghdad and Erbil would distract from the war on Isis militants who continue to occupy parts of Iraq and Syria.
Turkish President Erdogan said in an interview on Friday that Barzani’s decision not to postpone the referendum was "very wrong”
  SOURCE: ALALAM

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