US Secretary of State John Kerry has been meeting with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq in an attempt to try to help keep the fragile central administration in Baghdad together.
In meeting with leaders in Kurdistan, Kerry has gone on-record saying the US sees no military solution which will help keep Iraq together.
But at the same time, Kerry is also lauding Kurdish fighters who have been engaged in fighting against the Sunni insurgency.
"As everybody knows, this is a very critical time for Iraq as a whole and the government formation challenge is the central challenge that we face. In recent days the security cooperation between the forces here in the Kurdish area has been really critical in helping to draw a line with respect to ISIL and also to provide some support to the Iraqi security forces."
Kurdish leaders are warning the believe the coalition government in Baghdad is in jeopardy.
Following the fall of Saddam Hussien, a power structure in the central Iraqi government was created to have representation from Sunni's and Kurds in the Shiite-led government.
Kerry has been visiting Iraq amid the Sunni insurgency led by the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Iraqi government forces are said to be engaged in fierce fighting around the country's biggest oil refinery to the north of Baghdad.
The United Nations estmiates the uprising this month has already left around a thousand people dead, mostly civilians.
