|
Russian delegation holds talks on opening
consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan
18.6.2007
|
|
|
|
June
18, 2007
Erbil, Kurdistan region (Iraq), -- A Russian
delegation held talks with Falah Mustafa Bakir,
director of foreign relations for the regional
government in the de facto autonomous Kurdistan
region in northern Iraq -- often termed Iraqi
Kurdistan -- and discussed Moscow's plans for
opening a consulate in the region, the Web site of
the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), pukmedia.com,
reported on Sunday.
The delegation was led by Vaciv Garayiv, who has
been nominated to become regional consul of the
Russian Federation. Bakir told Garayiv that the
Iraqi Kurdish administration would lend the
necessary support to Russia for opening a consulate
in the city of Erbil, which is accepted as the
regional capital. Garayiv said the consulate would
be opened in a short period of time. |
Russia to open Consulate
in Kurdistan region |
The administration in
Kurdistan region (Iraq) recently announced that
Greece had decided to open a
consulate there.
There have been previous reports that Britain has
appointed a consul to Erbil and that France was
planning to establish an office there connected to
the embassy in Baghdad.
Earlier this month, when reminded of other
countries' initiatives for opening consulates in
Kurdistan region (northern Iraq), Turkish Foreign
Ministry spokesperson Levent Bilman said Ankara
considers embassies, consulates general and
permanent representative offices opened as foreign
missions anywhere in Iraq to be the counterparts of
Iraq's central government, but not of local
administrations.
todayszaman com
Top |
Kurd Net
does not take credit for and is not responsible for the content of news
information on this page
|
® 