Iraq’s central government is impeding foreign military assistance to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in their fight with the Islamic State (ISIS), Kurdistan’s national security advisor complained.
Masrour Barzani said that Baghdad “impedes the foreign assistance to the Peshmerga forces,” adding that “this is a violation of the constitution.”
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| Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan’s National Security Advisor |
Barzani met with a delegation from Germany’s foreign and defense ministries on Wednesday to discuss the war against ISIS, which Erbil is fighting together with a US-led coalition of some 50 nations.
“In the constitution the Peshmerga are part of Iraq’s defense forces,” said Barzani. “But Baghdad not only does not meet its constitutional responsibilities, it rather prevents the delivery of assistance to the Peshmerga,” he said.
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