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Isis is at war with all of us and Kurds need help to defeat them
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Financial Times
Peshmerga forces are fighting for the world and must be armed now, writes Bayan Rahman
Sinjar, a Kurdish border area that has seen more prosperous times as a trading and farming hub famed for its figs, olives and Syrian-influenced cuisine, is suddenly on the world map as a genocide unfolds before our eyes.
As a Kurd whose family comes from Sinjar, I find it wrenching to see the suffering of our people as yet another genocide is committed against us. We had thought the dark days were behind us as we rebuilt the 4,000 villages, and the physical and social infrastructure, that were destroyed by Saddam Hussein.
Kurdistan has a tradition of peaceful coexistence, with Muslims, Christians, Yazidis, Turkmen, Kurds and Arabs all living side by side. The first school my Muslim mother attended in Sinjar was run by Christian nuns. Religious festivals, she told me, were always celebrated by neighbours of different faiths, too...
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A delegation of Japanese parliamentarians visits Kurdistan parliament
On 8/42014 Dr. Yusif Muhammad Sadiq, Kurdistan parliament president, received a delegation of Japan parliament. The delegation expressed their pleasure for visiting Kurdistan, and they hoped to have stronger relationship with the Kurdistan region in general and Kurdistan parliament in particular.
French Foreign Minister meets leaders of Christian and Yezidi communities
Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq (KRG.org) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius yesterday met with leaders of the Christian and Yezidi communities to convey his sympathy regarding the tragic events of the last few days.
After meetings with President Masoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, Foreign Minister Fabius visited the French Consulate General and French Institute, meeting with diplomats and the French community in Kurdistan. He was accompanied by the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa, as well French Consul General Alain Guepratte.
The Foreign Minister then visited Ainkawa and met Bishop Bashar Matti Warda, of the Chaldean Archbishop of the Diocese of Erbil, and representatives of Christian families displaced from Mosul and elsewhere. He listened to the details of their suffering at the hands of terrorists and how they were forced to flee to avoid mass killing.
Foreign Minister Fabius then met with Yezidi representative Hazim Mir Tahsin Bag and with Baba Sheikh, the religious leader of the Yezidis. He expressed to the Yezidi leaders his government’s sympathy and condolences regarding the crimes committed against their people in Sinjar. The Yezidi representative described the tragedy caused by the terrorists.
During a meeting with the representatives of international missions and consulates in Kurdistan Parliament Speaker: The international community have to assist the Kurdistan region from war against terrorism
On 9th August 2014, Yusuf Mohammed Sadiq the president of the Kurdistan Parliament met with representatives of international missions and consulates in Arbil, they discussed the political situation in Kurdistan and Iraq, with the deterioration of the security situation in the Kurdish areas outside the region and the war waged by the Peshmerga forces against terrorism, which led to the displacement of large numbers of the citizens of Kurdistan.
During the meeting, the president of the Kurdistan Parliament showed serious attempts with the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the displaced people at the areas that are exposed to attacks by armed groups, particularly the displaced Kurds, Yazidis, because their lives are in danger by terrorists in those areas, stressing that this war against the Kurdistan Region does not pose a threat to the region alone, but it constitutes a real threat to the region and the security and world peace because ISIS are a new model of terrorism and violence and terrorist has no certain limits to stand him, the international community must help us in our fight against terrorism, for this regard, We thank the United States, Britain and other countries that have shown a willingness to support us in the war against terrorism.
About the relations between the Kurdistan Region and Iraq, he said that there is cooperation in several areas
For their part, the representatives of international missions and consulates in Kurdistan introduced a number of suggestions and observations about the current situation in the region, pointing to the security and peace experienced by the province and they are performing their duties everyday on a regular basis and watching the situation closely and support the region in its war against terrorism, and at the end of the meeting Dr. Yusuf Mohammed Sadiq the president of Kurdistan Parliament held a press conference explained the main points that were discussed during the meeting.
Kurdistan Parliament President in meeting with UN representative in Erbil: International community should cooperate with Peshmarga in order to defeat ISIS.
On 8/8/2014 Dr. Yusif Muhammad Sadiq, Kurdistan parliament president, received UN representative in Erbil. Dr. Yusif explained the current events in Kurdistan; especially the war between Kurdish forces and the terrorist groups named ISIS, and also clarified the life condition of Izadis and Christians in Musil, Shangal, and Shekhan.
Regarding the Christian and Yazidi families who were forced to leave their living places, Dr. Yusif said, “I want UN to support those families as soon as possible because they live in a very difficult situation”. He added,” Terror is a serious threat not only for Kurdistan but for all the countries in the region; it has an international dimension now and is really dangerous for international community. For this reason international community should cooperate with Kurdish Peshmarga in order to beat terrorists.
Showing his pleasure for the meeting and the information given by Kurdistan parliament president, Sokol Kondi, the representative of UN in Erbil said, “We as UN in the Kurdistan region never ignore the current events in Kurdistan and do our best to give necessary assistance to the refugees”.
Kurdistan Parliament Speaker congratulates Mr. Erdogan on the occasion of his election as the president of the Turkish Republic
Respectable Mr. Tayyip Erdogan, the elected president of the Turkish Republic
On behalf of the Kurdistan Parliament _ Iraq, we congratulate you on your election as the twelfth President of the Turkish Republic.
We hope that your election inspires the peace process in Turkey and strengthens relations between the Turkish Republic and Kurdistan region.
Yusif Mohammed Sadiq
President of the Parliament of Kurdistan _ Iraq
11/8/2014
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