BAGHDAD Mikael Granlund Finland Jersey , Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Haideral-Abadi on Wednesday urged the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG)to cancel the results of the independence referendum before holdingdialogue to resolve the crisis.
"We want Kurdistan region to cancel the outcomes of thereferendum if they want to start talks with Baghdad, which must beunder the roof of the constitution," Abadi said in his speech tothe Iraqi parliament.
Abadi also said that his duty is to defend the unity of Iraqaccording to the constitution, while pledging to impose the federalauthority into Kurdistan region.
"We won't deviate from the constitution, which has supremacyover all authorities Valtteri Filppula Finland Jersey , and our national duty to defend Iraq and itsunity," Abadi told the lawmakers.
For its part, the Iraqi parliament reconfirmed its package ofmeasures adopted on Sept. 25 against the semi-autonomous region ofKurdistan over its controversial independence referendum held onMonday.
The final results of the referendum released Wednesday showedthat 92.73 of the voters voted in favor of Kurdish region'sindependence from Iraq.
The Iraqi parliament reiterated its authorization to Abadi asthe commander-in-chief of the Iraqi forces to redeploy troops onall the disputed areas outside the Kurdish region, includingKirkuk.
The ethnic Kurds consider the northern oil-rich province ofKirkuk and parts of Nineveh, Diyala and Salahudin provinces as"disputed areas" and want them to be incorporated into theirKurdish region. This has been fiercely opposed by the Arabs Joonas Donskoi Finland Jersey ,Turkmens and by the central government in Baghdad.
The parliament demanded the federal government regain control ofKirkuk oil fields and other oil fields in the disputed areas to berun by the federal Oil Ministry.
It voted to block all the border crossings which are outside thecontrol of the federal authorities, and call on the neighboringcountries (Turkey and Iran) to help the Iraqi government block thecrossings.
It also voted in favor of a recommendation to the Iraqi ForeignMinistry to ask other countries which have consulates in theKurdish region to close their offices, it added.
The independence of Kurdistan is opposed not only by the Iraqicentral government, but also by most other countries, because itwould threaten the integrity of Iraq and undermine the fightagainst Islamic State (IS) militants.
Iraq's neighboring countries Aleksander Barkov Finland Jersey , especially Turkey, Iran and Syria,fear the Iraqi Kurdish independence move would threaten theirterritorial integrity, as a large population of Kurds live in thosecountries. Enditem
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