Iraq's Kurdistan leader Massoud Barzani says the conditions are now suitable to vote on Kurdish statehood. Reuters: Azad Lashkari
ABC News (Australia): Iraqi Kurdistan leader Massud Barzani says 'time has come' for statehood referendum
Iraqi Kurdistan leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.
But even if the various political challenges to independence are resolved, the major economic problems the region faces due to low oil prices are another bar to Kurdish independence.
"The time has come and the conditions are now suitable for the people to make a decision through a referendum on their future," Mr Barzani said in a statement released Wednesday.
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