Barzani Says Kurds Are Unites in Baghdad

03-04-2010-Erbil 

The president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud Barzani said in a statement on Saturday that all Kurdish parties will be united in Baghdad

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Barzani met representatives of the ruling parties KDP, PUK and the Kurdish opposition parties KIU (Islamic Union of Kurdistan), Komal (Islamic Group of Kurdistan) and the Change list (Gorran). The Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Kurdish Parliament also joined the meeting. 

The political parties also declared their support for Jalal Talabani as president of Iraq, despite that the Change list first had their doubts about electing Talabani as a president. “Everybody agrees that Mam Jalal is the candidate of the people of Kurdistan for the presidency of Iraq,” said Barzani.

The Change list demanded from the Kurdish parties to drop intimidation and political pressure. According to the Change list hundreds of Change list supporters were fired in government institutions. Its not clear if Barzani promised to give the jobs back to the Change list supporters. 

While the different political factions will keep their independence and will not join one Kurdish bloc, they will have the same views on joint issues, like the issue of oil, disputed regions (article 140) and the payment of the Kurdish regional guard (peshmerga).

Source: Rudaw