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Iraqi Kurdistan bishops ask the Italian
government for support
16.1.2008
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Bishop Rabban al-Qas and Archbishop Louis Sako meet
with Gianni Vernetti, undersecretary for foreign
affairs. From the government of Kurdistan, a request
for an end to Turkish aerial attacks.
January 16, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq', --
The bishops of Erbil and Kirkuk have asked the
Italian government for help in guaranteeing the
security of the Iraqi people, including Christians.
At a meeting with Gianni Vernetti, the Italian
undersecretary for foreign affairs who was on a
friendly visit to Iraq, bishop of Erbil, the Iraqi
Kurdistan's capital, Rabban al-Qas presented a
complete overview of the work of the Chaldean Church
in Kurdistan. Bishop Rabban is president of a school
that serves 500 Christian and Muslim students.
To Vernetti's question about "what Italy can do for
the Christians in Iraq", the bishop replied that the
problem for the Christians is the same as for the
entire Iraqi people: security. Also present at the
meeting was Louis Sako, archbishop of Kirkuk.
Before this meeting Vernetti, accompanied by the
Italian ambassador in Iraq, was able to speak with
the authorities of Kurdistan, in particular with
Kurdistan President Massoud Barzani, with whom he
has a longstanding friendship.
The Kurdish authorities asked Italy to exert
pressure on Turkey to stop its aerial incursions and
bombardments in Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous region.
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