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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Kurdistan Region’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) will start meeting with political parties on Wednesday in a bid to defuse outstanding political tension in the Region.
The spokesperson to the KDP on Tuesday told Rudaw that their party has contacted several political parties to meet and discuss their differences, and as a starting step, the party will start its meetings on Wednesday.
“Starting tomorrow Wednesday, we will start meeting with the political parties, and the first party we will visit will the Kurdistan Islamic Union,” Mahmood Mohammed said.
The Kurdistan Region’s two main ruling parties, the KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have for decades disagreed over a variety of issues, sometimes leading to major unrests in the Region.
Despite working together in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the two parties have established control over different parts of the Region, often being referred to as the “Yellow Zones and Green Zones. “ The KDP is dominant in Erbil and Duhok provinces, while the PUK rules Sulaimani and Halabja.
PUK head Bafel Talabani last month hosted the leaders of different political parties in Sulaimani’s Dukan town to discuss cooperation and common issues, however no KDP official was present at the meeting.
Coinciding with Talabani’s meeting, the KDP announced that they were looking to resume negotiations.
Addressing to their tensions with the PUK, Mohammed said that the KDP is ready to sit down and meet.
“We preach to have meetings and discussions multiple times to find a solution for our issues, and to find a solution for the notes we have and they have,” he said, adding that they have contacted the PUK but are yet to receive a response.
Despite many thinking that the parties agreeing on electing a PUK candidate for the Iraqi presidency in October hinted at the parties getting closer to a common ground, in an exclusive interview with Rudaw in November, Talabani said that their relationship with the KDP is not in its best position.
“I feel like there is a lack of understanding between us and the friends at KDP. At first, I suspected a hand being behind it. I still believe there is a hand behind it,” he said, without alluding to anyone in particular.
Talabani claimed that he was searching for “a cure” to his party’s pending issues with the KDP, calling the situation between the two parties “wrong”, and describing the current governing system in the Kurdistan Region as “a dual administration.”
The spokesperson to the KDP on Tuesday told Rudaw that their party has contacted several political parties to meet and discuss their differences, and as a starting step, the party will start its meetings on Wednesday.
“Starting tomorrow Wednesday, we will start meeting with the political parties, and the first party we will visit will the Kurdistan Islamic Union,” Mahmood Mohammed said.
The Kurdistan Region’s two main ruling parties, the KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), have for decades disagreed over a variety of issues, sometimes leading to major unrests in the Region.
Despite working together in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the two parties have established control over different parts of the Region, often being referred to as the “Yellow Zones and Green Zones. “ The KDP is dominant in Erbil and Duhok provinces, while the PUK rules Sulaimani and Halabja.
PUK head Bafel Talabani last month hosted the leaders of different political parties in Sulaimani’s Dukan town to discuss cooperation and common issues, however no KDP official was present at the meeting.
Coinciding with Talabani’s meeting, the KDP announced that they were looking to resume negotiations.
Addressing to their tensions with the PUK, Mohammed said that the KDP is ready to sit down and meet.
“We preach to have meetings and discussions multiple times to find a solution for our issues, and to find a solution for the notes we have and they have,” he said, adding that they have contacted the PUK but are yet to receive a response.
Despite many thinking that the parties agreeing on electing a PUK candidate for the Iraqi presidency in October hinted at the parties getting closer to a common ground, in an exclusive interview with Rudaw in November, Talabani said that their relationship with the KDP is not in its best position.
“I feel like there is a lack of understanding between us and the friends at KDP. At first, I suspected a hand being behind it. I still believe there is a hand behind it,” he said, without alluding to anyone in particular.
Talabani claimed that he was searching for “a cure” to his party’s pending issues with the KDP, calling the situation between the two parties “wrong”, and describing the current governing system in the Kurdistan Region as “a dual administration.”
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