MP Rejects Establishment of Saudi Military Base in Iraqi Kurdistan Region

Rasa - Representative of the Kurdish Gorran Movement at Iraq's parliament Shirin Reza dismissed as impossible establishment of a Saudi military base in Kurdistan region.

News ID: 431057

Date: 17 July 2017 - 21:52

RNA - "The central government in Iraq and the officials of the Iraqi Kurdistan region will never accept what certain Saudi leaders have said about establishment of a Saudi military base because it will be turned into a ground for sparking ethnic wars," Reza was quoted as saying by Ain al-Iraq news agency on Monday.

"Establishment of a Saudi military base in Kurdistan region is impossible," he added.

An informed Kurdish official had revealed last month that Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Jordan have demanded the Iraqi Kurdistan officials to allow them to build military bases in the region for supporting their decision to declare independence.

"Based on this agreement, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Jordan received promises to establish military bases in Dahouk and Erbil with the aim of confronting Iran and Turkey's influence in exchange for supporting a referendum for independence and then formation of a Kurdish state," the source said in an interview with al-Alam al-Jadid newspaper.

Noting that Riyadh and Erbil already have an agreement to exchange intel, the source said, "At present, hundreds of Saudi, UAE and Jordanian military men are already present in Erbil and Dahouk under the title of military advisors.

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