title: Iraqi Kurdish official says Iraqi vote rejecting Kurdish independence referendum is non-binding
text: ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A vote by Iraq s parliament to reject the results of this month s Iraqi Kurdish independence vote was non-binding, a high-ranking Kurdish official told Reuters on Tuesday.  The Kurdish parliament will definitely have a response to the resolution when it convenes on Thursday,  said Hoshyar Zebari, former Iraqi foreign and finance minister and now a senior adviser to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani. Zebari said Kurdish lawmakers would convene for the first time since October 2015. 