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In this section you can find news articles, statements, and publications about the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

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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January 8, 2015

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Paris

The attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine in France today was a crime. It is unjustifiable and we condemn it strongly. On behalf of the Kurdistan Regional Government, I extend our heartfelt condolences to the families who had their loved ones stolen from them.
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January 6, 2015

China inaugurates consulate general in Erbil – All permanent members of the UN Security Council now represented in Kurdistan

On 30 December 2014, the Peoples Republic of China inaugurated its consulate general in Erbil. The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of China Zhang Ming,
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