An old Kurdish man carries the Kurdish flag to show his support for the upcoming September 25th independence referendum in Erbil, Iraq September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
MOSCOW - 27 September 2017: Russia on Wednesday warned Iraq and the Kurds against taking any steps that might destabilise the Middle East after a Kurdish independence referendum, encouraging both sides to hold talks to find a solution within the framework of a single Iraqi state.
The Russian Foreign Ministry, in the same statement, also said that while Moscow respected theKurds' national ambitions it favoured preserving the territorial integrity of Iraq.
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