Iraq's foreign minister says Kurds suspend all participation in government


  • World
  • Friday, 11 Jul 2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Kurdish political bloc will no longer take part in Iraq's national government in protest against Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's accusation that Kurds were harboring Islamist insurgents in their capital, the foreign minister said on Friday.

"We have suspended our government business," said minister Hoshiyar Zebari, who is a Kurd.

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