Turkmeni Front: Barzani’s visit to Kirkuk Provocative

Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) The Turkmeni Front assured that the visit of the President of Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, to Kirkuk will not solve the current crisis and it has a political impression.

The head of the Front, Arshad al-Salihi, stated to IraqiNews.com “The timing of the visit comes within a crisis between the Central Government and the Kurdistani Regional Government.”

“This visit is provocative and create tensions among the disputed political sides,” he added.

“We have to be cautious at the current stage till we get solutions for the crisis through wisdom,” he concluded.

Earlier, President of Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, visited Peshmerga military forces in Kirkuk province.

An informed source told Iraqi News on Monday “Barzani has arrived in Kirkuk on Monday morning where he visited the sites of the Peshmerga forces in Lelian district of southern the province.”

The recent days witnessed less tension between the Central Government and the Kurdistani Regional Government than the previous escalated tension on the background of forming Dijla Operations Command and its deployment in the disputed areas.