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Iraqi Kurds push for independence referendum

Thursday, 19 May 2016 2:26 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 19 May 2016 2:26 AM ]

Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani speaks at a press conference during the visit of the British Foriegn Minister to Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq, on March 17, 2016. AFP

Ali Musawi
Press TV, Erbil

Political parties in Iraq’s Kurdistan region are holding talks to discuss the Kurdish President Massoud Barzani’s plan for an independence referendum. Rival Kurdish parties have opposed the vote, which they say would come at a critical juncture in the region. Press TV’s Ali Musawi has sent us a report from Erbil.

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