Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has warned against Iraq’s disintegration, saying a potential separation of the country’s Kurds would harm them.

“That is totally objectionable. We are serious about Iraq’s territorial integrity,” Abadi said in an interview with the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s Rudaw media outlet published on Saturday.

“I have asked the Kurdish leaders not to out us or themselves in an embarrassing situation,” the Iraqi prime minister said.

“I don’t like prolonging the issue of referendum because the result is already obvious. But the question is whether they will act on the results or not?” he said, suggesting that such a plebiscite would assuredly lead to the region’s secession.

Source: Press TV