My @iraqoilreport interview with @LahurTalabany, on oil, Iran & Kurdish sovereignty:
"Iraq is the last security belt for Iran, so Iran will never let go. They can let go of Lebanon [...] they can let go of Yemen & Syria. But Iraq, they cannot let go." iraqoilreport.com/news/qa-puk-co…
"Iraq is the last security belt for Iran, so Iran will never let go. They can let go of Lebanon [...] they can let go of Yemen & Syria. But Iraq, they cannot let go." iraqoilreport.com/news/qa-puk-co…
"In the past, we used to think that this oil would bring us a state, would make Kurdistan into a state. We know this is not the case now. It backfired on us." iraqoilreport.com/news/qa-puk-co…
On dysfunction within Kurdistan Regional Security Council, due to "personal issues", esp on Syria. We had a fallout over what should be done in Syria – whether we should help the Kurds in Syria or not, whether we should dig the trenches we did or not." iraqoilreport.com/news/qa-puk-co…
On the #PKK-#Turkey conflict: "We encourage both sides to go back to the table and go back to the peace process, because otherwise we will be here in 10 years, talking about the same thing." iraqoilreport.com/news/qa-puk-co…
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