Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Kurdish counterpart Masoud Barzani of going ahead with the independence referendum on September 25.
In a TV interview, Erdogan said that “Barzani will clearly see how sensitive we are to the vote after the national Security Council convenes on September 22.â€
The national Security Council was set to meet on September 27, but Erdogan brought the date to September 22 to precede the Kurdish vote.
Furthermore, the Turkish leader described as a “very erroneous†Barzani’s statements on the vote. Turkey will announce its next move towards the referendum after the national Security Council and government meet on September 22, said Erdogan.
Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that the Iraqi Kurdistan region was making the “wrong†move with its vote.
