More talks likely on Kurdish independence vote, negotiator says

A Kurdish man sells beads at a market in Erbil, Iraq, August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A delegation representing Iraq's ruling Shi'ite coalition may meet Kurdish politicians again next week to try to convince them to delay or cancel a plan to hold an independence referendum, a negotiator said.

A first round of talks, held last week in Baghdad, brought the two sides closer and a second round could be held next week in the Kurdish capital Erbil, Abdullah al-Zaidi, a negotiator from the National Alliance, Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim ruling coalition, told Reuters on Monday evening.