baghdad iraq kurdish leadership reject sunday demand iraqi government cancel outcome independence referendum precondition talk resolve dispute kurdish leaders meet discuss crisis town dokan renew offer resolve peacefully crisis baghdad kurdish party ready talk erbil baghdad say statement refer respectively seat semi-autonomous kurdistan regional government krg northern iraq federal capital iraq talk erbil baghdad supervision international party statement add among meet krg president masoud barzani iraqi president fuad masum kurd hold largely ceremonial position federal state hero talabani widow jalal talabani kurdish leader die early month reject describe military threats iraqi force kurdish peshmerga fighters pledge defend kurdish-held territory case attack krg shi ite-led central government baghdad loggerheads since sept. 25 vote loud call kurdish independence tension two party flare around multi-ethnic oil city kirkuk peshmerga force take 2014 iraqi security force collapse face islamic state onslaught peshmerga deployment prevent kirkuk oilfields fall jihadist hand kurdish leaders reject baghdad demand cancel independence vote renew dialogue offer