As the World Turns The President of Iraqi Kurdistan Region reiterated the legitimacy of the oil contracts his government had concluded with the Exon-Mobile Company, according to the agreement it had concluded with the Iraqi government and the law, describing the Baghdad central government's position towards his government's contracts as a "wrong".
"The central government's position stands counter towards the interests of Kurdistan," Barzani said, adding that "we won't accept any position that presents obstacles to implementing the aforementioned contracts; we shall not stop our demands to implement Article 140 for the settlement of the Kirkuk issue".
"If such problems continue, we shall look to the Kurdistan Parliament and whatever the position of the people of Kurdistan may be, we shall implement that position," Barzani warned.
"If the position of Kurdistan people would even demand independence, then I shall not stand against that; I want the Kurdistan Region to develop, day after day, though what I actually hope
is to see Kurdistan's independent," Barzani reiterated.