Kurdish military officials and the Iraqi central government are currently trying to defuse an armed confrontation over a disputed northern territory, br br Kurdish military officials said the forces of Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi prime minister, acted unconstitutionally when they entered the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. br br The two sides must now finalise a deal on how to deploy a joint armed force into the area, which is claimed by both the Kurdish government and Iraq. br br Al Jazeera's Omar al-Saleh reports from Kirkuk.