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  Many have heard that the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of people. Only some will understand what was involved in the slaughter, and fewer still will know he systematically targeted the Kurdish people … Continue reading →

Minister Falah Mustafa Bakir delivered this lecture at Coventry University on  4 July 2012. Greeting & Introduction Professors, ladies, gentlemen and distinguished guests, Good morning and thank you for having me here to speak with you today. It is a … Continue reading →

The Head of the Foreign Relations Department in the Cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Falah Mustafa Bakir recently addressed a meeting of the APPG. He explained that the KRG was seeking to build a civilised society from the ashes … Continue reading →

Co-Chair Meg Munn MP takes a look at the position of Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan and concludes that the APPG has been “extremely impressed by the willingness of the Kurdistan Regional Government to show imaginative and humanitarian leadership and expect that … Continue reading →

The outgoing British Consul-General in Erbil, Chris Bowers, concludes that the Kurdistan Region is going to be and do just fine.  The people deserve it. Full article here http://www.rudaw.net/english/science/columnists/4935.html  

Falah Mustafa Bakir, the Head of the KRG Foreign Relations Department writes   An estimated 182,000 Kurdish people were murdered during the Anfal campaign. To put this into context, that’s enough people to fill Wembley Stadium twice over. Today the … Continue reading →

Gary Kent’s latest column in Rudaw My own view is that Kurdistan is showing how the past can be overcome but that it is essential that the genocide be formally recognized. Given the leading role played by John Major and … Continue reading →

Chris Bowers, the British consul general in Erbil, examines the role of the media in a free society. As a government representative, I am a little wary about commenting on the media in the Kurdistan Region.  But as a former … Continue reading →

The Kurdistan Regional Government’s High Representative to the UK today told British companies that Kurdistan’s economy is booming and there are many opportunities to do business there. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman was speaking at a lunch hosted in her honour … Continue reading →