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Ian Austin asks necessary question in the Lords on the recent rocket attacks in Erbil
Lord Austin of Dudley asked Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of who is responsible for the rocket attacks in Erbil on 15 February. FCDO Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon replied on 8 March 2021: “The Government of … Continue reading
Guest column. One for post-Covid travel. Gideon Benedyk outlines his experience of visiting the Kurdistan Region
London black cabs in Iraqi Kurdistan? Absolutely. Kurds can now hire newly imported Hackney Cabs for weddings and photo-ops in the city of Duhok. Kurds love classic British brands in this beautiful, Western loving near-nation where I have just spent … Continue reading
Notice
The AGM is on Thursday 4 March. 9am.
UK backing for unifying the Peshmerga with training for 9,000 members
APPG member Alicia Kearns MP tabled a written question asking the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the purpose is of his Department’s technical support to the Peshmerga Ministry in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Middle … Continue reading
Lord (Ian) Austin highlights British opportunities in Kurdistan’s tourism and film sectors.
Lord Austin of Dudley, who joined the delegation to observe the referendum in 2017, has asked the UK’s Department of Culture, Media, and Sport what assessment they have made of whether there are new opportunities for British companies in (1) … Continue reading
Let’s remember our allies
We are anxiously consumed by Covid at home but its impact on our old allies abroad also affects us. Covid is tearing the economic guts out of oil-producing countries such as the Kurdistan Region in Iraq because global business and … Continue reading
Minutes of the AGM of the APPG on the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
House of Commons. 14 January 2020. Attendance. MPs Robert Halfon Mary Glindon, Jack Lopresti, Steve Reed, Stephen Metcalfe, Toby Perkins, Feryal Clark, Jason McCartney, Philip Hollobone, Alicia Kearns, and Lord Clement-Jones. Also in attendance. Holly Papworth (Robert Halfon). Christine Aird … Continue reading
AGM
The inaugural annual meeting of the APPG will be on Tuesday 14 January at 5pm in the Commons. Open to parliamentarians only.
The election and the APPG
Due to the dissolution of parliament, all APPGs are no longer operating.
The impact of Syrian events on the Kurdistan Region raised in last FCO questions before the election
On the last day of this parliament, Ian Austin MP used his question to the Foreign Secretary to alert the Commons to the impact of events in Syria on the Kurdistan Region. Gary Kent Ian Austin (Dudley North) (Ind) What … Continue reading