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Turkey urges Iraqi Kurds to drop referendum, cites sanctions

Turkey appealed to northern Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday to drop plans for an independence referendum, saying it would threaten security and force Ankara to slap sanctions on a neighbour and trading partner.

 

Turkish government spokesman Bekir Bozdag told a news conference that "all options were on the table" regarding its response to the referendum, although he stopped short of giving details on what sanctions could entail.

 

"It is not possible for us to accept the postponing of the referendum either. We demand a total cancellation, so that we won't have to impose sanctions," Bozdag told reporters.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.23.17, 09:09