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Tony Blair desires to visit Kurdistan
Region of Iraq
25.12.2006 |
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Erbil, Kurdistan
Region (Iraq), December 24, -- The president of
Iraq's Kurdistan Massoud Barzani has addressed an
official invitation to British Prime Minister Tony
Blair to visit the Kurdish region and the latter
expressed consent to pay the visit, a political
source said on Sunday.
The source told KUNA that the Kurdish leader made
the invitation at a meeting with Blair during his
recent visit to Iraq, adding that Barzani, during
the encounter, briefed Blair on local conditions.
Meanwhile, British authorities declared lifting
travel ban on British citizens planning visits to
the Kurdish regions of Iraq, but cautioned against
travel to other regions of the country. |
 
Massoud Barzani (Right), President of Kurdistan
Region in Iraq , Tony Blair (Left) British
Prime Minister |
It is the first time that London has allowed British
nationals to go to these areas.
Erbil International Airport, since two years ago,
has been receiving Kurdish residents of Britain.
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