Only a word prevents Erbil-Baghdad talks: official

<p style="text-align: left;">An Iraqi official has stated that only a word has prevents talks between the Iraqi central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil.

Al-Mada daily quoted Ali al-Alaq, a member of the ruling Iraqi State of Law Coalition that Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi wants Kurds to stay with Iraq federal court&rsquo;s rule and has reiterated on the clear stance of the Kurdish region over the referendum the KRG held in December.

The daily quoted al-Alaq as saying that Abadi has asked the Kurdish region to change, in its statement, the word &ldquo;respecting the rule&rdquo; to &ldquo;following the rule&rdquo; as respecting can have two meanings politically; one is accepting the rule and the other can mean the region still thinks differently about the rule.

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