Foreign ministers Mevlut Cavusoglu, Ibrahim al-Jaafari and Javad Zarif met in New York to discuss their response to the referendum due Monday.

In a joint statement issued Thursday, the ministers said their governments were „unequivocal“ in their opposition to the referendum proposed by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and said it would not benefit Kurds or the KRG.

They also agreed „to consider taking counter-measures in coordination“ although the statement did not elaborate on possible measures.