Erbil, Baghdad Agree on Lifting Anti-Kurdish Sanctions

Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi Vice Presidents Osama Nujaify and Ayad Allawi agreed to de-escalate the tensions over the recent Kurdish autonomy's independence referendum, local media reported.


The parties decided Saturday to engage in a dialogue and hold meetings between Iraqi political parties in the near future, the Kurdistan 24 broadcaster reported, citing Fuad Hussein, the Chief of Staff to the Kurdistan Region Presidency.

Hussein added that three politicians had also agreed on "lifting all sanctions on the Kurdistan Region."
  [sputniknews.com]
 8/10/17