Baghdad / NINA /-- Member of the parliamentary committee on security and defense MP, Iskandar Wiwit ruled out the possibility of purchasing by Kurdistan region of 300 tanks without the consent of the federal government. He said in a statement to NINA today: "Kurdistan region is unable to buy any weapon without the knowledge of the federal government, because there is one defense minister in the federal government is responsible for the arms deals. A parliamentary well informed source was revealed in a press statement today that the President of Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani asked Russia, Serbia and Montenegro to buy 300 tanks without the knowledge of the federal government, and that those countries rejected Barzani's ask. / End
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