ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Saturday said the Region does not want to become involved in the ongoing regional conflict and supports Baghdad’s efforts to restrict weapons to the hands of the state.

"No party has pressured us to get involved in the war, and we do not want to be a party to any conflict in the region," Prime Minister Barzani told Al-Jazeera, adding that "all we want is to protect the Kurdistan Region and keep it away from any conflict.”

Erbil and the Kurdistan Region have come under wave after wave of attacks since the breakdown of the US-Iran ceasefire agreement and the reemergence of hostilities, with strikes focusing on US interests and the bases of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups.

The premier added that the Region has been subjected to more than 1,000 missile and drone attacks since the war began in late February, which have come “from Iran or within Iraq through some militias.”

In late July, Prime Minister Barzani said during a presser that a recent spate of drone strikes targeting the Kurdistan Region's capital of Erbil originated from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. He called on the federal government to hold the perpetrators accountable and prevent further attacks on the Kurdistan Region.

On Saturday, he expressed support for the Iraqi government “in restricting weapons to the hands of regular forces only.”

Since assuming office, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has made the disarmament campaign a key priority of his government, coming as attacks by pro-Iran Iraqi militias on neighboring countries have been detrimental to the country's diplomatic prestige and provoked retaliatory strikes.

Iraq's Security Media Cell on Friday said that "there is no turning back" from the government's policy to restrict weapons to the hands of the state, asserting that the process will ensure "a more stable environment for future generations."

In May, Tehran declared the Kurdistan Region a site of “hostile bases” under its security doctrine, making it subject to preemptive strikes.

Pro-Iran Iraqi militias repeatedly targeted the Region's energy infrastructure and military bases during Iran's conflict with the US since late February until Tehran and Washington signed a memorandum of understanding in mid-June. Attacks resumed after hostilities between the two sides flared again on July 8, just 21 days after the agreement was signed.