The Kurdistan president’s chief of staff, Faud Hussein, briefed American diplomats on Washington on plans to hold an independence referendum last week.
“We spoke with Americans about self-determination, and self-determination that is done through a referendum, said Faud Hussein speaking to Rudaw on Thursday.
Faud Hussein was on an official visit to Washington with the Kurdistan Foreign Relations Minister Falah Mustafa to meet their American counterparts.
“The people of Kurdistan will decide and everyone will respect what they choose. Iraq is not one Iraq anymore. We now have three states in one,” Hussein told BBC America during his visit.
“We spoke with Americans about self-determination, and self-determination that is done through a referendum, said Faud Hussein speaking to Rudaw on Thursday.
Faud Hussein was on an official visit to Washington with the Kurdistan Foreign Relations Minister Falah Mustafa to meet their American counterparts.
“The people of Kurdistan will decide and everyone will respect what they choose. Iraq is not one Iraq anymore. We now have three states in one,” Hussein told BBC America during his visit.