Author Topic: Tillerson Urges Iraqis, Kurds To Settle Differences, Commit To Country's Unity  (Read 193 times)

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during a surprise visit to Baghdad, has urged Iraqi and Kurdish leaders to enter into dialogue to end their bitter dispute and ease tensions in the country.

"We have friends both in Baghdad, and we have friends in Irbil, and we encourage both parties to enter into discussion and dialogue," Tillerson said in Baghdad during his brief stop on October 23.

https://www.rferl.org/a/tillerson-kurds-iraq-pakistan-afghanistan-/28812073.html
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