Kurdistan Regional Government-Iraq Representation in Austria

Krise im Irak - Aktuelle Entwicklungen

Since June 2014, Iraq has been facing unprecedented political challenges. In order to inform you of these rapidly changing developments and their implications for the Kurdistan Region, we have compiled international news articles, interviews with government officials, as well as statements by the presidency and government of the Kurdistan Region.

January 30, 2015

KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani lauds Kobane liberation

Upon the liberation of Kobane, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani, congratulated Syrian Kurdish fighters and the Peshmerga, and all defenders of freedom around the world. He also expressed his gratitude to Turkey and other allies for their support and participation.
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January 23, 2015

First progress report: Austro-Kurdish Youth-Initiative and KRG Representation distribute first donations among refugees in Kurdistan

In the week before Christmas, the Austro-Kurdish Youth-Initiative and the Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in Austria distributed the first donations among Christian and Yezidi refugee families in the Kurdistan Region.
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January 23, 2015

Prime Minister Barzani meets Pope’s envoy to Iraq

On Sunday, 18 January 2015, Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, Apostolic Nuncio in Iraq and his accompanying delegation in Erbil. Archbishop Giorgio Lingua said that the Vatican follows the situation in the Kurdistan Region very closely. He conveyed Vatican’s gratitude to the Kurdistan Region
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January 22, 2015

EU delegation travels to Kurdistan to gain an insight into the refugee situation

Last week, a delegation of the European Parliament headed by Austrian Josef Weidenholzer (Socialists and Democrats), German Cornelia Ernst (European United Left /Nordic Green Left), Dutch Marietje Schaake (ALDE), and Portuguese Ana Gomes (Socialists and Democrats) visited the Kurdistan Region
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January 21, 2015

Prime Minister Barzani meets President Putin’s special envoy

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani, received the special envoy to the Middle East of the Russian President, Deputy Foreign Minister Michael Bogdanov, on Tuesday, 20 January. He was accompanied by a number of diplomats, businessmen and representatives from both the private and public sectors in Russia.
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January 15, 2015

President Barzani and KRG officials meet ICRC President Peter Maurer

On Sunday, 11 January 2015, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, met with the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, and with other KRG officials in Erbil.
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January 13, 2015

President Barzani meets President Obama’s Envoy for the coalition against IS

Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani on 12 January met with the US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, General John Allen, in Salahaddin. General Allen congratulated on the recent military successes by peshmerga forces against the IS terrorists
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January 12, 2015

Kurdistan Region President Welcomes German Defense Minister

On Sunday, 11 January 2015, Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani welcomed German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen in Salahaddin, to discuss the German military aid to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces. In a meeting with President Barzani and the military leadership of the KRG, the German Defense Minister
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