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Baghdad Conference; US, KRG and Iraq
Topic Started: Oct 28 2014, 05:26 PM (212 Views)
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Let me begin by thanking the delegates from the Kurdistan Regional Government and from the Iraqi government for meeting with me. The issues between your two groups are considered of the utmost importance to the United States government, and we wish to see these issues end with an agreement that is acceptable to both parties. In order to accomplish this, I will be moderating this discussion personally.

We will begin by a statement of issues that both parties have with the current situation. In this statement, please explain the current situation, how your government and people are negatively effected by this, and what your desired outcome is. I believe that once everything is out on the table, we will be able to work towards a mutually beneficial solution to these issues.

If the representative from Iraq would please start us off.

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Nouri al-Maliki
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What is most important to our Government is the territorial integrity of Iraq as a whole. We do not wish to defeat IS yet have Iraq shattered anyway. That would mean our soldiers have died in vain, and those of the US who fought for years to ensure that Iraq remained its own country. We naturally oppose an independent Kurdistan.

We also feel that the actions from the Kurds have been only provocative and counter productive to any future relations. Their annexation of Iraqi oil fields brought this to a head. They have been dancing in the face of the international community with no threat of any consequences. Currently due to the provocative actions relations are very sour at the present time. Their actions are having a negative reaction to public opinion in Iraq. We are pressured by our people to act, but doing so would break the coalition right open. We are facing a political crisis due to the restraint we are currently showing the Kurds and this needs to end.
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I thank the represent from Iraq for his candor. I will now await the representative from the KRG to provide his statement.
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Masoud Barzani
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Frankly Secretary Kerry, we find it extremely disappointing that Prime Minister Haider chose not to attend such an important meeting, and instead sends us the man who most directly is responsible for the mismanagement of the Iraqi Army, the firing of several hundreds of competent sunni officers, and the sectarian policies of government promotion within Iraq, which led to the alienation of not only our fellow Sunni Iraqi's, but also ourselves towards the federal government.

However, in the spirit of reconciliation, we must bridge the gap, lest we fall through the abyss in a war for our very survival. We thank Secretary Kerry for initiating such talks, nevertheless.
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While I can understand the concerns of your government, let us please remain on topic.

Is the Kurdish Regional Government ready to present us with a list of requirements, complaints, or demands? I feel that it is of the utmost importance that such be brought openly to this table, otherwise we will not make the headway necessary to ensure a successful resolution to this issue.
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Masoud Barzani
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After much deliberation my government is willing to continue to agree to many of the conditions set under the proposed IRPA that went before the Iraqi parliament earlier this year. We are however resolute on one point, which is non-negotiable, our referendum will be held in November of this year, and if it results in a yes vote, we will declare the Republic of Kurdistan. We do however which to say that this is not a catastrophe as some foreign media and indeed Iraqi media sources proclaim it to be. A new Kurdish state would not raise claims on our neighbours, as we believe it is the right and choice of all peoples within a state to choose for themselves the right of self-determination or not.

That being said, and to answer your queries more directly, we have stated our complaints and demands in the past, but at this crucial moment, we are willing to forgive, not forget, but attempt to push aside domestic issues over the greater security concern. A strong Iraq is just as necessary to the security and welfare of a free Kurdish State as the stability and security of Kurdistan is to Iraq.

At this time we would propose a union immediately following the referendum, in which the Republics of Kurdistan and Iraq would be sovereign states, but would agree to share and work together on foreign and diplomatic affairs, as well as closely coordinate security matters, while maintaining domestic and security autonomy respectively. In essence, very little would change for the Iraqi government, and if in principle, Baghdad could agree to such an equitable provision, we would restore immediate access to the federal government of the entirety of the northern oil industry.

The proposed name for this established body would be the "United Republic", the birth of a new nation in the world, made of two free and lawfully democratic states.
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President Barzani presents a compelling offer. How does the Iraqi government view this offer?
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Nouri al-Maliki
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An intriguing offer certainly. I want the following addressed:

Would the executive Government be in Baghdad?

What about the territory you claim in Syria?

Would the legitimate Iraq government have veto power over bills in regional Kurdistan?
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Our proposal would be dual capitals, with a rotating presidency akin to the Bosnian federal government, this would give Sunni, Shi'a, and Kurdish leadership rotations in power, but would still be an executive based on mutual discussion and concensus, so as to break up the sectarianism that can occur in campaign victories, and instead forces all 3 major groups to work together in creating a stronger, more equitable nation for all who live in it.

While we would prefer that less emphasis be put on the executive government, as we have all seen the calamitous results of such a situation, in which leaders of a clearly biased nature favour one side over the other, we would prefer a state that has privileges and grants enfranchisement and representation to the minorities of Iraq as well, the truly fringe populations of this varied land.


As we have previously stated, and will continue to state, the KRG, solely recognizing it's authority begins and ends in territories within Iraq, does not, and would not impose it's will on a sovereign and foreign people. Our belief is that it is the responsibility of Kurds throughout the world to seek autonomy as we have sought, in a legal and comprehensive way with their federal government. We pledge to never take aggressive action against any neighbour.

As for the matter of veto, we believe that in this shared power agreement within the proposed "United Republic" all matters pertaining to federal issues should be regarded as needing a unanimous agreement within the shared executive. As for domestic matters within each Republic, the supreme court could rule on whether an action is indeed against the constitution, directly does damage to the other constituent republics, or is against the best interest of national unity.
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Nouri al-Maliki
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And what, I wonder, do our American mediators advise?
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