UN to offer 'options' to solve Iraqi territorial disputes

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Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) — The UN will by end October offer a package of "options" to resolve territorial disputes in Iraq, including in volatile and oil-rich Kirkuk claimed by both Arabs and Kurds, an official said Wednesday.

"We will present between September and October options for a grand deal for the disputed areas including Kirkuk, which is the hottest issue in Iraq these days," said Staffan de Mistura, the chief of UN mission in the country.

There are 12 regions in northern Iraq, including Kirkuk province, that are disputed by various ethnic sects.

The UN provided in June a report to Iraq's presidency council on four of the regions -- Akra, Hamdaniyah and Mahmur in the restive province of Nineveh and Mandali in the violence-wracked central province of Diyala.



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