On 2 February, the president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Masoud Barzani, called for a nonbinding referendum on independence. He stated on his website: "The time has come and the situation is now suitable for the Kurdish people to make a decision through a referendum on their fate.” According to Barzani a referendum does not mean proclaiming statehood, but he would rather know the opinion of the Kurdish people about the possibility of independence. He did however not suggest a potential date for the referendum.
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