within limits of Iraq constitution that Kurds never agreed to
Theresa May held a phone call with Kurdish prime minister Nechirvan Barzani that underlined Britain's continued support for Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government
The British prime minister vowed on Tuesday to protect the rights of Iraq's Kurdistan region within the boundaries of the Iraqi constitution.
Theresa May held a phone call with Kurdish prime minister Nechirvan Barzani that underlined Britain's continued support for Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
- #UK PM @theresa_may spoke with #KRG PM @PMBarzani. She reiterated UK's support for #KurdistanRegion. Both sides agreed on importance of dialogue and negotiations to solve the issues between #Erbil and #Baghdad https://t.co/AhgvD5gnWM
— KRG_UK (@KRG_UK) December 12, 2017
Baghdad and Erbil have quarrelled over territory and oil revenue sharing since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. But tensions reached boiling point after the autonomous Kurdish region decided to hold a vote on Kurdish independence in late September.
After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Kurdistan's boundaries should have reverted back to the position they were in before Saddam stole Kurdish land
The vote was declared illegitimate by Iraq's central government, although voters in the autonomous Kurdish region and Kurdish-held areas elsewhere overwhelmingly backed secession.
"The UK [will] continue to fight to protect the identity and rights of the Kurdish people under the Iraqi constitution," a Downing Street spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Mrs May reiterated the UK’s continued respect for the territorial integrity and unity of Iraq, whilst maintaining the importance of holding dialogue and negotiations to solve the issues between Baghdad and Erbil, the capital city of Kurdistan.
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