" ERBIL cheap air max modern , Iraq, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Kurdish regionalPresident Masoud Barzani on Sunday reconfirmed holding thereferendum on the independence of the Kurdish semi-autonomousregion as scheduled on Sept. 25.
""We have decided to hold referendum and we are going aheadwhatever the price would be. We are not going to wait for unknownfate, and will not be subject to pressure and threats,"" Barzanisaid during a press conference in Erbil.
""We have reached the conclusion that independence will allow usnot to repeat past tragedies,"" Barzani said in his speech.
He said ""the partnership with Baghdad has failed and we will notreturn to it,"" said Barzani, who pushed his region toward thereferendum on independence despite pressure from Baghdadgovernment cheap air max mercurial , neighbouring countries and Washington to call off thereferendum and to negotiate a new deal.
Barzani also said ""Iraq was supposed to be a democratic civilstate (after 2003), not like what we see a theoretic, sectarianstate.""
""I urge the people of Kurdistan to go to the ballot boxes toexpress their views without any problems and to maintain securityand order during this democratic experiment,"" Barzani said.
As for possible military actions against the Kurdish, Barzaniconfirmed ""we don't expect any kind of military conflict withIraq,"" he said, adding that such kind of thought ""doesn't evencross our mind cheap air max zero , but we are ready for everything. We have all thelove for the Iraqi army and we are brothers.""
Barzani also hoped that Turkey, a strong opponent of thereferendum, would not close its border with Iraqi Kurdish region,warning that both sides would be ""losers.""
Barzani considered the reactions about the referendum, so far,are not final and most of the world states will accept the faitaccompli that would result from the referendum, saying ""we willdeal with the final decisions of the world states.""
He emphasized that the referendum would not establish facts onthe ground cheap air max invigor , but would be a platform for discussion with thegovernment in Baghdad.
""We tried our best to find a solution to these problems in Iraqwith Baghdad, with the international community, but Baghdad didn'taccept us and they obliged us to take this step that we've takenalready,"" he said.
Barzani said that the referendum is the first step for thepeople of Kurdistan to decide their future, and ""after that, westart a very long process of talks, a year or two years until wewill get a good neighbor.""
Asked whether the situation would change if the Baghdadgovernment can meet the demands of the Kurds cheap air max flyknit , Barzani asserted theKurds were ""never going back to Baghdad to renegotiate the failedpartnership we had in the past.""
During Barzani's press conference, Iraqi Prime Minister Haideral-Abadi made an angry response and reiterated his rejection to thereferendum on independence of the semi-autonomous region.
""Taking a decision unilaterally that would affect Iraq's unityand making separation from one side is contrary to the law andunconstitutional, and we will not deal with it or with itsresults,"" Abadi said in a statement broadcast on the officialIraqiya channel.
""Such insistence will lead to more problems in Iraq and theregion,"" Abadi warned.
""If the Kurdish regional authorities insist on holding thereferendum, there will be subsequent steps to protect Iraq'sunity,"" Abadi said without specifying what these steps wouldbe.
On June 7 cheap air max dynasty , Barzani announced his intention to hold a referendumon the independence of the Kurdish region from Iraq on Sept.25.
The independence of Kurdistan is opposed by many countriesbecause it would threaten the integrity of Iraq and because itcomes as the Iraqi forces are in fight against the terrorist ISmilitant group.
In addition, the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iran and Syriasee that such a step would threaten their territorial integrity, aslarger populations of Kurds live in those countries. Enditem
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