Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2017 in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on the eve of a disputed independence referendum. AFP / Safin Hamed
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone regarding a Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum and voiced concern that it will cause regional chaos, Erdogan’s office said on Sunday.
“The two leaders noted that not cancelling the referendum will bring with it chaos in the region and they stressed the great importance which they attach to Iraq’s territorial integrity,” the statement said.
(Reporting by Murad Sezer; Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Larry King)
