Kurdish demand set within security agreement
With a timetable for American withdrawal set and Kurdish demands heeded, the Status of Forces Agreement needs the final approval of Iraq's Parliament.
By a majority of votes, the Iraqi Council of Ministers on Sunday agreed on the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) draft hammered out between Baghdad and Washington. A Kurdish demand has been added to the draft.
"The American side agreed on adding amendments demanded by the Kurds to be inserted within the agreement. It commits the American government to defend the federalism system currently in Iraq and to prohibit any attempts to violate federalism by some political sides," announced Firyad Rwandizi, spokesman of the Kurdistan Coalition list in Iraqi Parliament.
Rwandizi said the agreement did not contain any item concerning relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the federal government in Baghdad. "This issue is within the authority of the Iraqi Constitution and Iraqi political blocs," he said during an interview with the news website Newsmatique on Sunday...
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