A statement announced by the President of Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani

Regarding the repercussions of the current crisis and to correct the course of the political process in Iraq which is in a major crisis due to the negligence of services to its citizens and the exclusion of partners, and non-application of the Constitution and conventions.

This has led to negative reactions expressed by the Iraqi people. At this time, it is the duty of the federal government to take the initiative to deal rationally in order to find solutions, work to aggravate the crisis and to minimise and exclude serious threat that could lead to complications and serious consequences.

We confirm our full support for the legitimate demands of the demonstrators and those are compatible with the Constitution, stressing the need to preserve the peaceful protests and not to resort to violence, taking care and caution attempts extremist persons or entities from riding rough and undermining the legitimacy of rights.

To skip this difficult crisis it requires a correct path of the political process and resorting to the Constitution and conventions, reunions and the need to adopt the method of dialogue in order to achieve a decent living for the life of free people of Iraq deserve.

Massoud Barzani

President of the Kurdistan Region

19/01/2013