Iraq’s Turkmens reject exclusion from talks regarding disputed regions
KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) – Iraqi Turkmens have criticized their exclusion from government meetings regarding Kirkuk and other disputed regions.
On Tuesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attended a meeting in Baghdad to discuss a resolution of political and economic disputes between the central government and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Turkmens were not invited to the meeting.
“Turkmens reject the [government] decisions regarding the status of the disputed regions, especially Kirkuk,” read a joint statement by the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) and other Turkmen political parties.
“The future, status and administration of Kirkuk, on which the Turkmens do not have a say, would be incomplete,” the statement said.
The Turkmen parties described as “unacceptable” the failure to include Turkmens in political alliances during the government formation talks.
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