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No Iraqi
flags will be hung at the opening session of the
Kurdistan Regional Parliament where the Iraqi
President and Leader of the Iraqi Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK) Jalal Talabani will also be present.
Pro-PUK newspaper Hawlati wrote on Friday, June 3,
that the PUK and the Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP) agreed not to use the Iraqi flag during
special ceremonies and bilateral meetings although
they are a part of federal Iraq.
The Kurdistani flag and the Iraqi flag, used in the
time of Abdulkarim Qasim's rule prior to the rise of
the Baath regime, will be used during a meeting
between Mesud Barzani, who is expected to become the
president of federal Kurdistan, and Talabani.
According to the paper, the first session of the
Kurdistan Parliament, with Talabani attending will
be held similarly. KDP supporters have not used the
Iraqi flag since Saddam Hussein was overthrown,
claiming that it represents the Baath regime.
www.zaman.com
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