ARBIL Cheap Nike Air Max Axis Canada , Iraq, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The parliament of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan on Friday convened for the first time after two years of suspension, and is scheduled to discuss referendum on independence of the Kurdish region.
"The meeting will discuss the referendum of the Kurdistan region, which will be on Sept. 25, and will respond to the decision made earlier by the Iraqi parliament, which rejected this referendum Cheap Nike Air Max Deluxe Canada ," said Tariq Jowhar, media advisor of the parliament, told Xinhua.
Jowhar said the session was chaired by the deputy speaker, as Speaker Yousif Mohammed Sadiq did not attend the session since his Gorran Movement is boycotting the session along with the Kurdistan Islamic Group.
Another parliamentary bloc, the Assyrian Democratic Movement, which has two seats in the 111-seat parliament Cheap Nike Air Max 2019 Canada , also boycotts the parliament session because the bloc resists referendum of independence in Nineveh Plain, Ya'qub Gorges, a member of the movement said in a statement.
Earlier, the two major Kurdish parties of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced that the parliament session, originally scheduled on Thursday, would be delayed to late Friday to convince Goran Movement and the Islamic group to attend the first parliament session in two years.
On Thursday Cheap Nike Air Max TN Plus Canada , the Kurdish regional government said it had received an alternative plan for the referendum on independence in Kurdistan on Sept. 25.
An international delegation, including the United States, Britain and UN envoys, met with Kurdish President Masoud Barzani and presented the alternative path for the controversial independence referendum.
However, Barzani earlier vowed to go ahead with the independence referendum, ignoring calls to postpone the controversial move.
"So far Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Black Canada , we haven't seen an alternative that can take the place of the referendum. Do not listen to anyone, we are going to go to a referendum," Barzani said during a campaign for the Kurdish referendum in Duhok Province.
On June 7, Barzani announced his intention to hold a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region from Iraq on Sept. 25.
The referendum has been opposed by Baghdad because it would threaten the integrity of Iraq and would distract the ongoing fight against Islamic State militant group by Iraqi forces.
The neighboring countries of Turkey, Iran and Syria also feel that the move would threaten their territorial integrity, as large numbers of Kurdish population live in those countries.
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ISTANBUL, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday reiterated his opposition to an upcoming referendum on independence by the Iraqi Kurds, saying Ankara and Baghdad are aiming to preserve Iraq's territorial integrity.
"We share a 350-kilometer-long border with them, our kin and coreligionists live there and in reality we are the members of the same civilization," Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul prior to his departure for the United States.
"But if you take any step against that understanding we cannot just let you proceed Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Anti Fur Canada ," he spoke of the intention of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government to press ahead with the vote on independence on Sept. 25.
A day earlier, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said his government is prepared to intervene militarily if the referendum results in violence.
Erdogan said he is going to meet with al-Abadi in the U.S. and discuss the issue in details.
On Friday, the Turkish leader called on the Iraqi Kurds to cancel the planned vote, noting Ankara will announce its official position on the issue after Turkey's National Security Council and cabinet meet on Sept. 22.
Turkey has been battling against an insurgency by its own Kurds over the past three decades.
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