WASHINGTON — The United States said today that it welcomed the offer by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to suspend the results of its independence referendum and open a dialogue with Baghdad as a way to ease an escalating crisis between two critical US allies in the fight against the Islamic State.
The KRG cease-fire offer came a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, expressed sadness at the outbreak of violence and political turmoil between Baghdad and Erbil, and urged dialogue.
