Barzani has one wise and safe option

The discussions the president of the Regional Kurdish Administration (KRG) in northern Iraq, Massoud Barzani, had in Turkey were noteworthy. Barzani met Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım a short while ago in Munich. On his return, he met President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul and then met Yıldırım again in Ankara. 

Barzani is also in contact with the new administration in the United States, as he met U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Munich as well. There were statements that in this meeting the topic of an independent Kurdistan was also discussed, it was reported from the Barzani front. 

Barzani's Turkey stopover after his Munich discussions also raised the question of whether these were "independence discussions." 

It is no secret that Barzani wants to declare independence as soon as possible. However, this is a matter only occupying Barzani's agenda. 

There is no such topic on Ankara's agenda. As before, Ankara is today against Iraq's dissolution and the formation of an independent Kurdish state. This stance of Turkey is true for Syria as well. Ankara has defended the territorial integrity of both neighboring countries all along. 

Ankara knows that the partition of its two neighbors would also threaten the territorial integrity of Turkey. 

Forget about independence, Barzani needs support to maintain the current administration. Both the military and the economic problems of the northern Iraqi Regional Administration are increasingly cornering Barzani. 
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been activated because of the opportunity opened by Syria, is narrowing Barzani's power zone in northern Iraq with each passing day. It wants to topple Barzani and poses a serious threat.