The Chancellor of the Kurdistan Region Security Council stressed the need to implement Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution to resolve the issues surrounding the disputed province of Kirkuk.
For the first time in four months, when Baghdad began to impose punitive measures on the Kurdistan Region for its independence referendum, a major US official has publicly called for them to end.
The new governor of Kirkuk who was appointed by the Iranian-backed Hashd al-Shaabi, Rakan Saeed, helps the Arabisation campaign against the indigenous Kurdish population of the province.
Senior Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said the Kurdistan Region would do its best to end the ongoing Arabization campaign against Kurds.
Independence for the Kurdistan Region as a viable alternative should be considered, said British MP Jack Lopresti.
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