In a letter, Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region, thanked the PDKI and Mustafa Hijri for supporting the independence referendum in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan.<\/p>\n
A translation of the letter is provided below:<\/p>\n
My Dear Brother Mustafa Hijri,<\/p>\n
I received your letter of congratulation on the success of the referendum and the victory of our nation in determining its own destiny. Thank you!<\/p>\n
I acknowledge your stance on this issue as well as your support for the legitimate demands of the people of Kurdistan.<\/p>\n
Following tremendous sacrifices and bitter experiences the people of Kurdistan has chosen its own path and is taking steps towards independence. No power or amount of pressure can stand in the way of the peaceful and legitimate will of the people of Kurdistan.<\/p>\n
With best wishes. Massoud Barzani October 5, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a letter, Massoud Barzani, the president of the Kurdistan Region, thanked the PDKI and Mustafa Hijri for supporting the independence referendum in southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan. A translation of the letter is provided below: My Dear Brother Mustafa Hijri, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pdki.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/img_1331.jpg?fit=2048%2C1348&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p12yuy-1kJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5065,"url":"https:\/\/pdki.org\/english\/mustafa-hijri-kurdish-independence-is-the-outcome-of-peshmergas-sacrifices\/","url_meta":{"origin":5129,"position":0},"title":"Mustafa Hijri: \u201cKurdish Independence is the Outcome of Peshmergas Sacrifices\u201d","author":"Ali","date":"September 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Mustafa Hijri, the leader of PDKI, delivered a speech at a rally on September 22 in support of southern (Iraqi) Kurdistan\u2019s independence referendum. 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