7 July 2018 - 15:58

Official dens negotiation over Peshmerga return to Kirkuk

<p style="text-align: left;">The Secretary General of the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga, Jabbar Yawar, denied any negotiations between Peshmerga Ministry and the Iraqi government over the return of the Kurdish forces to the northern oil-rih city of Kirkuk.

Iraqi media reported that a delegation from Baghdad has paid visit to the Kurdistan Region to negotiate the return of Peshmerga to Kirkuk but Yawar denied the reports.

He told SNN that no meeting and dialogue have been made between the two sides over the return of the forces to Kirkuk which Iraqi forces took its control on October 16, 2018.

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