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Germany to Open Consulate-General in Iraqi
Kurdistan region
22.7.2008
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Germany is to open a consulate-general with a senior
diplomat in charge in Erbil, part of the autonomous
Kurdistan region of Iraq.
July 22, 2008
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan region "Iraq", —
Officials in Berlin made the announcement on Monday,
July 21, a day before Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
begins talks in the German capital.
Germany already has a small office in Erbil, the
Iraqi Kurdistan's capital. A consulate-general is a
full-scale mission outside a nation's capital. The
mission would open at the start of 2009 once
security issues had been settled,www.ekurd.net
the foreign ministry
said.
Boosting trade |
Germany already runs an office in Erbil, the Iraqi
Kurdistan's capital |
Al-Maliki was set to
meet on Tuesday in Berlin with Chancellor Angela
Merkel to press for more German investment in and
trade with Iraq. German businesses are already
operating in the relatively calm north.
Aides said Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
set out the plans in a phone call Monday to his
Iraqi counterpart, Hoshiar Sibari.
Erbil is capital of a predominantly Kurdish province
also called Hewler.
Germany's embassy in the capital Baghdad has been
hampered by its location outside the most secure,
US-guarded part of the city.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, DPA
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