Qatar: Kurdistan Region in Iraq represented
at Doha forum 17.4.2006
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Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq, April
17 (KRG) – Kurdistan Region in Iraq was for the first time
represented at the Doha Forum on Democracy, Development and Free
Trade, held in Qatar last week.
Falah Mustafa Bakir, minister of state in the Kurdistan Regional
Government, participated in discussions on democracy in the Middle
East, terrorism, dialogue among civilisations, the media, and reform
in the Arab world.
He was the only official from a government organisation in Iraq to
attend the forum and is first representative of the Kurdistan
Regional Government to participate in the annual event, now in its
sixth year.
The Forum has become an important platform for discussion on issues
that are relevant to the Middle East as a region and as part of the
international community.
“There was lively discussion at many of the sessions as there were
differences of views being expressed. It’s important for the
Kurdistan Region to be part of these discussions and for our voice
to be heard both in the Middle East and around the world,” Mr Bakir
said. “I thank the state of Qatar for organising this forum, which
every year helps to build bridges among the peoples of the Middle
East.”
The opening address, on Tuesday April 11, was made by H. H. Sheikh
Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, the emir of the state of Qatar, and was
followed by speeches by Baroness Symons, Britain’s former state
minister for Foreign Affairs and Abdulaziz Abdulghani, chairman of
Yemen’s consultative council. |
Falah Mustafa Bakir, minister of state in the Kurdistan Regional
Government
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The conference, held on April 11-13, attracted parliamentarians,
diplomats, intellectuals and academicians from various
international, governmental and non-governmental organisations from
around the Middle East and Africa, the United States, Japan,
South-East Asia, Great Britain and other European countries.
The discussions included issues such as regional institutions and
future challenges, the growing role of the World Trade Organisation,
the empowerment of women and gender equality, human rights and civil
society.
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