Category Archives: General

FCO Questions 14 May 2019 Mary Glindon MP I welcome the new Minister and hope that he will visit Baghdad and Erbil. Will he finalise the long-delayed official visit by the Kurdistan Regional Government President and Prime Minister to boost … Continue reading →

Nurses and doctors from Newcastle and Gateshead have been visiting the Kurdistan Region in Iraq for nearly a decade. In their holiday time, they have been doing knee and hip operations that are currently beyond the health system there and … Continue reading →

The trees and decorations have just been taken down and the joys of the Christmas break are receding for us here though diets will persist for some time. But let’s remember that there are many parts of the world where … Continue reading →

“Peace Through Justice”, reads the emblem of the International Criminal Court. It is a noble claim, but evidence suggests that international mechanisms of justice do not prevent war, or deter genocide. The liberators of the Nazi concentration camps thought it … Continue reading →

Jack Lopresti MP (left) and Robert Halfon MP (right) with UK soldiers who are training the Peshmerga in Kurdistan. Relations between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government in Baghdad are looking up after a dire year in which the … Continue reading →

DEAL ON KIRKUK OIL BETWEEN IRAQ AND THE KURDISTAN REGION Session: 2017-19 Date tabled: 19.11.2018 Primary sponsor: Glindon, Mary Sponsors: Blackman, Bob Halfon, Robert That this House warmly welcomes an initial deal between the federal Government in Baghdad and the … Continue reading →

How Britain can wave the rules and help the Kurds What a difference a year makes. This was the theme of my contribution to the APPG discussion in the Commons on our delegation to the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad in … Continue reading →

Attendance: Mary Glindon MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP, Firmsik Bilbas for John Grogan MP, Anita Lowenstein-Dent for Jonathan Djanogly MP, Gary Kent (Secretary) and Khasro Ajgayi (KRG). Apologies: Jack Lopresti MP, Rosie Winterton MP, Ian Austin MP, Scott Mann MP, Janet … Continue reading →

The peaceful independence referendum a year ago today in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq and the violent reaction by Baghdad was lost in the news maelstrom but the rehabilitation and reform of Kurdistan and Iraq is highly significant to us. … Continue reading →

A year ago today Kurds in Iraq went to the polls to vote on the principle of independence from Iraq and I saw their joy and determination in three cities there. Given they endured genocide by Saddam Hussein, it was … Continue reading →