The referendum slated for Sept. 25 by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) should be abandoned, said the Turkish Foreign Ministry in a statement issued regarding the upcoming poll. The ministry welcomed the decision by the Iraqi House of Representatives taken on Sept. 12 that declares the KRG referendum as illegal and rejects the initiative. The parliament in Baghdad authorized the prime minister on Tuesday to “take all measures” to preserve Iraq’s unity in response to the move to hold a referendum on Sept. 25. “Despite the warnings of our country and the international community, the insistence of the KRG leadership on the referendum and their increasingly emotional statements have become increasingly alarming”, the statement said. “It should be noted that this insistence will definitely have a cost”, it added. “We call on them to act with good sense and abandon this erroneous approach immediately”.
Turkey: ‘There will be a price to pay’ if KRG insists on referendum
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