The two main parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, agreed today, Sunday, to protect the region’s entity and its constitutional rights.
The two political offices of the two parties met earlier today at the home of the late Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Debashan, in the presence of the President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Pavel Talabani.
A joint statement issued by the meeting mentioned; that “after discussing the situation of the region in general, and Iraq and the Kurdistan region in particular, the two sides stressed the protection of the entity of the Kurdistan region and its constitutional rights, and we will do our best to confront obstacles for the sake of citizens’ sustenance and solve problems.”
The statement added that the two sides “support the holding of parliamentary elections in the Kurdistan region at the date that will be determined by the President of the region after consulting the political parties in the region.”
The statement continued; That “in order to provide more services to citizens in all aspects, it was decided to avoid small problems and move towards solving problems together, we decided to continue the process of reorganizing the Peshmerga forces, and the two sides decided to support the agreements of the ninth Cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government.”
He pointed out that “in order to get closer, face obstacles and overcome obstacles, we decided to continue bilateral meetings and cooperate with all political parties in a patriotic spirit.”
Source: National Iraqi News Agency