From another board9 May 2023 08:10
USA head banging - final warning. No deal = no foreign aid
Kurdistan Watch
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US Issues Final Warning to KDP and PUK: Resolve Differences or Face Waning Support
US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara A. Leaf, currently in Erbil, presided over a meeting with KDP's Nechirvan Barzani and Fazel Merani, as well as PUK's Qubad Talabani at the Rotana Hotel. US Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski and US Consul General in Erbil Irvin Hicks were also in attendance.
According to local reports, the US official have given a final warning to both parties, urging them to resolve their differences, hold elections based on a consensus framework, and work towards the unification of the Peshmerga. Failure to do so, the official warned, would result in a decline of US political and financial support for the region.