Dubai - the success of Muhammad Ali
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki stated that he is, "No longer able to let Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, and other Kurdish officials leave Iraq to travel abroad without the approval of the central government," as quoted by the Kurdish Hawlati yesterday.
The newspaper quoted Kurdish Maliki's remarks that sparked controversy amid strong struggle between him and the Kurdistan region on what became known as the disputed areas, Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahuddin.
Nuri al-Maliki said in a statement to the Kurdish newspaper Hawlati which in Arabic means (Citizen) yesterday, said that "letting the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani, and other Kurdish officials out of Iraq will not be anymore without the approval of the central government."
And on the security file in the disputed areas Maliki confirmed that "the Council of Ministers suggested during its previous agreement to return to 2009, which includes the management of the security file in the mixed areas through the formation of joint checkpoints between the Peshmerga and the army under the supervision of the central government."
Barzani agreed to return to the Convention 2009, but Kurdish sources also confirmed that looking for President Jalal Talabani to withdraw confidence from the Maliki and collide with many obstacles especially as Iran, which has strong ties with the Kurds and refuses backed overthrow him now.
The Maliki spoke to prevent Kurdish officials from leaving the country without the approval of the center, with the knowledge that he is unable to implement it as there is in Arbil, the capital region international airport not subject to the control of Baghdad, a new development in the crisis between Baghdad and Erbil, in spite of the initiative launched by President mainstream Sadr, Moqtada al-Sadr, who called on the parties to the conflict Massoud Barzani and Nouri al-Maliki to a working lunch in the center city of Najaf religious authority.
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