DAMASCUS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem has warned of repercussions of the recent Iraqi Kurdistan region's bid for independence, according to state news agency SANA.
Al-Moallem made the remarks when meeting the visiting chairman of the Iranian parliament's national security commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi.
During the meeting, both sides stressed their joint stance in supporting the sovereignty of Iraq and warned of the negative repercussions of the recent independence vote of Iraq's Kurdistan region on regional stability and anti-terror war.
Late last month, the Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan voted for independence to split from Iraq amid a barrage of international and regional opposition.
The independence vote has sparked tension between the central government of Iraq and Kurdistan, with the Iraqi government halting air flights to the Kurdish-controlled region and taking several other punitive measures.
Although the vote is non-binding and not expected to result in immediate independence, both Turkey and Iran have closed their borders with Iraqi Kurdistan.
The Syrian government has repeatedly warned of the repercussion of such a move, particularly that the Syrian Kurds have already been controlling northern Syrian areas.
Al-Moallem previously said his government rejected the independence bid of Iraq's Kurdistan, noting, however, that granting the Kurds an autonomy in northern Syrian areas under the umbrella of Damascus could be negotiable.