KRG Supports Iraq's Efforts for Reforms: Kurdistan President

The Kurdistan Regional Government will support all the efforts by the Iraqi government for reforms and meeting the protesters' demands, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani said on Tuesday.

Barzani made the remarks at a press conference following the meeting with the senior Kurdish officials and Iraqi President Barham Salih in Erbil to discuss the tensions in Iraq and attempts to amend the Constitution, which could put at risk the rights of people of the autonomous region.

The Kurdish president noted that all sides in the meeting agreed to support the demands of the Iraqi protesters for better public services.

He said that they believe the public offices, in the meantime, should be protected, adding that the Kurdistan Region's priority is to resolve the issues in Iraq in accordance with the Constitution.

Concerning the underway efforts to amend the Iraqi Constitution, Barzani asserted that a more stable situation is required for the amendment, and that the constitutional rights of the Kurdistan Region should not be harmed or reduced, calling on all Kurdish political parties to unite in this situation.

The Kurdish leader reminded that there is no issue with the content of the Constitution if it is implemented.

"I think the implementation of the Constitution has been ignored and not its amendment," he said.

Barzani additionally shed light on the relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, saying that a delegation will heading to Baghdad as soon as the situation improves.