Shafaq News/ President of the Parliament of the Kurdistan Region  demanded from the U.S. side to take a clear position towards Iranian and Turkish bombing the border areas of the region of Kurdistan,

calling at the same time for pressing on the federal government to implement the demands of Kurdish while he  warned against the threats of armed groups and their impact on the security situation in the country.
The villages and border areas of the region of Kurdistan were subjected to continuous Turkish and Iranian bombardment, where Iran says it is hunting the Iranian Kurdish opposition movement "PJAK", as the Turkish authorities said that they aimed bombing the PKK guerrillas who are active on the Iraqi-Turkish border bar.
A statement issued by the Presidency of Kurdistan Region, "Shafaq  News" received a copy of said the President of the regional parliament, Kamal Kirkuki "met with a number of officials and U.S. Congress administration, including Senator John McCain, and an Department of State Department's Iraq official, and officials fromthe World Bank, in the context of his current visit to the United States. "

This came within the framework of the official visit of the President of the Parliament of Kurdistan Region ,at the head of his accompanying delegation to the United States of America.
The statement said that "Kirkuki stressed the need of the U.S. side's having a clear position towards the ongoing Iranian and Turkish  bombing on the areas of the region, as well as pressure on the Iraqi government to implement Article 140 of the constitution relating to the normalization conditions of the disputed areas, in addition to the outstanding problems between Erbil and Baghdad, like the law of oil and gas and the Federal Council and the Peshmerga budget . Also he touched upon the issue of deployment of the Peshmerga forces in the areas of Khanaqin and Jalawla and Sa'adia, which witnessed a serious deterioration of security."
The Iraqi government announced on 28 August for ratification of the draft law of oil and gas, and decided to refer it to parliament for approval but the Kurds have declared their rejection of the draft, describing it as a constitutional violation, the relations between Erbil and Baghdad.
had then significant tension . The Speaker of Kurdish Parliament discussed with officials of the section of Iraq in U.S. foreign Department the terrorist threats, and stressed that "al-Qaeda and the extremist of Ansar al-Islam are trying to return Iraq to the Middle Ages, so the leadership of the region itself is at war with the forces of terrorism.
The capital Baghdad and other cities and governorates of the country  are witnessing armed attacks and improvised explosive belts and mined cars, which most recently targeted  the city of Karbala which witnessed bombings by, four mined car and two explosive devices targeting different parts of the center of the governorate , and many scores between dead and wounded have been taken place . With regard to the outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad, the President of the regional parliament stressed that "It is time to settle these differences, because, its continuation would jeopardize the political and economic situation in Iraq and the sound relations between the Region and the center seriously."
The forces and political parties in Kurdistan at the end of its meeting under the auspices of the Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani, decided on Sunday, to resolve their differences, and they authorized the president to send a delegation to Baghdad to negotiate with the federal government on outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil. On a related issue and within the framework of his visit, Kirkuki met at the World Bank Director of Middle East Programs for Social Development Mr. Frank, and discussed with him the status of development projects in the region, calling on the World Bank to assist the Government of the Region in its project development and revitalization of infrastructure services.
During the meeting the head of the parliament confirmed the readiness of the Regional Government to cooperate with the World Bank fully to develop strategic plans for development projects in the region, to ensure utmost transparency in the disbursement of funds and statement of disbursement, and he received from the bank officials promises to send a team from the programs development department in the bank to Kurdistan to coordinate with the Ministry of planning in the Regional Government to develop appropriate plans for the implementation of development projects in Kurdistan.
The Kurdistan Region is witnessing a boom in its economy through the influx of many investment companies to the region in various industrial, agricultural and urban fields.

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