ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Ali Larijani, the chairman of Iran’s parliament, told Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani on Sunday that the Kurdistan region should remain stable and the current political stalemate must be resolved through dialogue.
"There should be no rivalry or chaos in Kurdistan,” said Larijani,in a meeting on the sidelines of a core group meeting of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) which was being held for the first time in Tehran.
A range of regional issues, including the situation of Iraq, and the Kurdistan region relations with Iran were discussed between Barzani and Larijani, according to a statement issued by the Kurdistan Regional Government.
“The Kurdistan region is a calm area. Attempts should be intensified to solve problems through dialogue and mutual understating, and the priorities should be resisting the terror threat and financial issues,” Larijani reportedly told Barzani.
In response, Barzani reportedly said that “the Kurdistan region’s latest attempts are meant to calm the situation down.”
According to a statement issued by the KRG, Larijani emphasized that the Iranian government has put its support behind the KRG on all occasions and they would continue to. He added that Tehran hopes the current tension between Erbil and Baghdad could be solved through negotiations.
“We appreciate the ongoing help of the Iranian Islamic Republic to the Kurdistan region, and Kurdistan's political parties will continue working side by side to solve internal problems," the KRG statement quoted Barzani as telling Larijani.
Barzani left for the forum on Friday and on Saturday took part in preliminary meetings attended by 18 foreign ministers from Europe and 60 high-ranking officials from various nations.
Barzani was reportedly scheduled to hold meetings with a number of senior Iranian officials to discuss a range of issues.
The preliminary MSC had been co-chaired by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and some Iraqi officials, including Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Jabouri and Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jafari, have also taken part.
The 51st Munich Security Conference took place from February 6-8, 2015. Over 400 international political leaders, including 20 heads of state and 60 foreign and defense ministers, came together to discuss current and future issues in foreign and security policy, according to the Iranian IRNA news agency.
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