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Turkey's president accuses head of KRG of treachery

Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of treachery for holding the vote despite international opposition. <br/><br/>He said, Massoud Barzani should now give up on this adventure. Recep said as a result of the punitive measures he is considering after Monday's independence referendum Iraqi Kurds could go hungry. <br/><br/>Iraq's prime minister meanwhile gave the KRG three days to hand over control of its airports or face an air embargo. State TV reports, Haider al-Abadi also demanded that all border posts with Turkey, Syria and Iran be placed under Baghdad's supervision.<br/><br/>In a televised address on Tuesday, Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani urged the prime minister not to close the door to dialogue, because it is dialogue that will solve problems. <br/><br/>But Mr Abadi ruled out negotiations, declaring that Iraq will not abandon the unity and sovereignty of the country.<br/><br/>The results have yet to be announced, but Mr Barzani yesterday said his voters had chosen independence.

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