Kurdistan Prime Minister welcomes Chaldean
Patriarch and pledges religious freedom 9.5.2006
By Falah Mustafa Bakir
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Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq - Prime
Minister Nechirvan Barzani on 7 May welcomed Chaldean Catholic
Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly and his delegation of bishops from Iraq
and other parts of the world, and reiterated his government’s firm
commitment to protecting and expanding religious freedom in the
Kurdistan Region.
Patriach Emmanuel III Delly, who is based in Baghdad, met the Prime
Minister and the Minister of Finance Sarkis Aghajan Mamendu with his
delegation of the Bishops of Basra, Beirut, and California, the
Papal Nuncio of Iraq from Baghdad, and priests of Ainkawa.
Patriarch Emmanuel III welcomed the Prime Minister’s commitment and
congratulated him on the formation of the new unified Cabinet and
agreed that relations between the Regional Government and the
Chaldean community in the Kurdistan Region be conducted on the basis
of friendship and tolerance.
The Patriarch praised Prime Minister Barzani and the Kurdistan
Regional Government for establishing personal security and political
stability. |
Nechirvan Barzani, Prime minister of Kurdistan region |
Prime Minister Barzani encouraged the delegation to remain in close
contact with him and his government, and approach him with any
problems or issues related to the Chaldean community.
“Maintaining good relations with the various and diverse religious
communities is very important to us as a government, and to the
people of the Kurdistan Region. We value the social, cultural and
religious contributions of our Chaldean community; they help to
strengthen our moral character and add richness and diversity to our
culture,” the Prime Minister said.
Prime Minister Barzani highlighted the peaceful and harmonious
historical relationship among national and religious groups in the
Kurdistan Region. He assured the Patriarch and his delegation that
in accordance with the Constitution of Iraq, and in keeping with the
principles and ethics of the people of the Region, the Kurdistan
Regional Government would fully support conditions and opportunities
for all peoples to lead peaceful and prosperous lives.
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