Iraq and Kurdistan Region Service- Arshad Salehi, Head of the Turkmen Front Faction in the Iraqi Parliament, called on Ali Zaidi, Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces, to allow federal forces to remain in Kirkuk and Dojqormato and for the federal government to continue exercising sovereignty over all areas of these two regions.
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region Service - Arshad Salehi, warning of what he described as a "dangerous step for Kirkuk," announced that the agreement to divide and transfer Kirkuk's administrative posts among the three main ethnic groups is becoming law.
