In connection with the Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum Moscow calls to solve all the contentious dialogue between Erbil and Baghdad through dialogue. He stated this in comments published on the website of the Russian foreign Ministry.
“Invariable is our support for the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the friendly Iraq and other countries of the Middle East”, — stated in the message.
While the foreign Ministry stressed that “respect for the national aspirations of the Kurds”.
25 September in Iraqi Kurdistan held a referendum on independence. The official results will be announced on Thursday, September 28. According to preliminary data of counting the 3.4 million ballots voted for independence 91.83 percent of the voters.
Against the holding of a plebiscite categorically Baghdad, Ankara and Tehran. Western countries have called on the authorities of the Iraqi Kurdistan region not to hold a plebiscite. In the United States stated that “the holding of a referendum in the disputed areas is a particularly provocative and destabilizing”.
Iraqi Kurdistan is the unofficial name of the Kurdish Autonomous region in the North and North-East of Iraq, which has the status of a wide autonomy within the country’s legally enshrined in the Constitution. Included in this region’s province of Dahuk, Sulaymaniyah and Erbil are traditionally the place of residence of Kurds. The authorities in the region is the Kurdistan Democratic party led by Massoud Barzani.