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Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States Washington D.C.

Welcome to our May 2021 Newsletter

There is time for consultation before the second reading and those with an interest are encouraged to send their views to the KRG or to the member of parliament representing their community. ts The other significant development was a briefing to the United Nations Security Council by Karim Khan, who leads 9 ■ .■* UNITAD, the UN team investigating ISIS’ crimes in Iraq. Mr. Khan said that the team found ‘clear and convincing evidence that the crimes against the Yezidi people clearly constituted genocide.’ % UNITAD has identified 1,444 possible perpetrators of attacks against the Yezidis and 20 who may have been responsible for The month of May began with a visit to the the mass murder of cadets and military Kurdistan Region by the Biden personnel at the Tikrit Air Academy, also Administration’s Middle East team, jointly known as Camp Speicher, in 2014. led by Brett McGurk, National Security Council Coordinator for the Middle East Kurdistan’s constitution and North Africa, and Derek Chollet, Counsellor at the State Department. Domestically, there is an ongoing public The high-level delegation met with the debate on the Kurdistan Region’s leadership of Kurdistan and reaffirmed constitution. The debate was brought to the America’s support for the Region and the forefront at a conference earlier this month friendship that has seen the peshmerga hosted by the University of Kurdistan and American soldiers fight tyranny and Hewler, titled The Kurdistan Region of Iraq terrorism side by side. - Unity and Constitution. Among the speakers were the President, Prime Soon after this visit, a second delegation Minister, and Speaker of the Kurdistan headed to Erbil, this time led by Joey Parliament, as well as the Special Hood, Acting Assistant Secretary of State Representative of the United Nations for Near Eastern Affairs. Secretary-General in Iraq. These exchanges are important and timely, jhe |raqj constitution allows for the coming at a moment of political uncertainty Kurdistan Region t0 have its own

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and increasing security challenges, both constitution, a draft of which was passed from ISIS and militia groups. Underscoring by Parliament in 2009 but was later halted friendships and having frank and open due to political differences. There is now a discussions on issues of mutual concern renewed effort to draft a constitution that is are critical to maintaining the strong for all citizens, whatever their ethnicity, partnership between Kurdistan and faith, gender, or social group. President Washington. Due to restrictions stemming Nechirvan Barzani has visited the leaders from the covid-19 pandemic, there have of the main political parties in Kurdistan to been fewer in-person high-level meetings exchange ideas and consult with them on than in the past, but we hope that this will the constitution. change as the vaccine roll-out continues and the threat from COVID-19 diminishes. At the conference, President Barzani said, ‘We want the constitution to organize the Justice for genocide political system of Kurdistan, to enforce rule of law in this country, to make all the There were two significant developments [religious and ethnic] groups in Kurdistan this month in the effort to bring to justice feel safe in this country and feel like they those responsible for genocide against the will have a better future for themselves and Yezidis, Christians, and others in Iraq. their descendants.’ The Kurdistan Parliament had the first reading of the draft law to establish a You can read about these events and tribunal for crimes committed by the Islamic developments in this month’s newsletter State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The draft law below. seeks to provide a legal framework to create a tribunal to help the victims of ISIS Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman find justice and accountability for what they Representative to the United States endured. Kurdistan Regional Government

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KRG Representative meets with Representative Abdul Rahman meets Congressman Ted Deutch with DASD Stroul

Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Representative Bayan Sami Abul Rahman Rahman met with Congressman Ted and Dana Stroul, the Department of Deutch (D-FL), Chairman of Subcommittee Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary for the of the House Foreign Affairs Committee... Middle East, held a virtual meeting...

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KRG Representative meets with Representative and TAPS President Chairman of the Canadian Parliamentary discuss NGO’s US and international Friends of the Kurds work

Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met Ziad Aboultaif, a member of Rahman had a virtual meeting with Bonnie parliament representing Edmonton Carroll, founder, and president of the Manning, Alberta, and chairman of the... Tragedy Assistance Program for...

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Season 2 Episode 5 - Interview with Colonel Myles Caggins

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This month, the Kurdistan in America podcast is honored to have Colonel Myles Caggins as its guest. Colonel Caggins currently serves as the Director of the Public Affairs for the U.S. Army’s III Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, and was the former Spokesperson for the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve: The international military intervention against ISIS.

He shares with us his upbringing, lifelong professional experience in the U.S. Army, including his views of and encounters with the people of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Rojava (North-East Syria) while serving as the Spokesperson for the Anti-ISIS Coalition and since his return to the United States. He also talks about his hopes of visiting Kurdistan in the future in a personal capacity.

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United States reaffirms support for Kurdistan Region

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, May 5, 2021 A high-level delegation from the United States conveyed the greetings of President Joe Biden and the US Secretaries of State and Defense to the Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani, reiterating the...

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President Barzani meets Coalition Deputy Commander-in-Chief

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Brigadier Richard Bell, the Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces in Iraq and Syria. President Nechirvan Barzani congratulated Brigadier Bell...

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President Barzani speaks at the Unity and Constitution Forum

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani attended "The Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Unity and Constitution" conference in Erbil on Wednesday and took part in the last panel discussion of the conference....

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Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Muhammad Al- Halbousi, the Speaker of Iraq's Parliament, in Erbil on Monday. Discussions

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covered the developments in the country, the upcoming general...

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PM Barzani holds meeting on Kurdistan's draft budget bill

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today chaired a special meeting of the cabinet to discuss the Kurdistan Region's 2021 draft budget bill. Prime Minister highlighted the need for the bill ...

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Council of Ministers approves two bills and explores reforms

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today convened the Council of Ministers to discuss the implementation of the reform law and the ambitious restructuring of government spending in the...

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Prime Minister Barzani receives US Delegation

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today received a US delegation led by Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Joey Hood. Both sides reviewed bilateral relations...

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PM Barzani meets with Coalition Deputy Commander-in-Chief

Skip to the content Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today welcomed Brigadier General Richard Bell, the new Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Coalition forces in Iraq and Syria, to discuss the current...

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PM Barzani meets with UN Special Representative to Iraq

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today received the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNAMI, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert. During the meeting, they discussed the ongoing...

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PM Barzani launches Wheat Marketing Project in Slemani

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today laid the foundational stone for the Kurdistan Regional Government's Wheat Marketing Project in Slemani. The $122 million project will be...

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New steel factory to provide over 1,000 jobs

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today inaugurated the largest steel factory in the country. The $100 million private investment will create more than 1,000 jobs as part of the...

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PM Barzani inaugurates Zawa tourism project in Duhok

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today delivered the following remarks at the opening ceremony of the Zawa Mountain Telepherique tourism project in Duhok. "Zawa Mountain in Duhok is a...

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DPM Talabani chairs meeting on violence against women

Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani today chaired a special meeting with relevant ministries and parties to address the worrying upward trend of violence against women, crime, and...

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DPM Talabani receives UN Special Representative to Iraq

Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani today met with Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in Iraq, to discuss the current state ...

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Statement by DPM Talabani on Pirde ISIS attack

Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region Qubad Talabani today issued the following statement: "We strongly condemn the attack by ISIS members that targeted barricades of the...

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Parliament condemns ISIS attack on Peshmerga in Prde

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Last night, ISIS terrorists again attacked Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces in Prde, killing and injuring several Peshmerga. Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces once again fought with courage and some gave their lives defending the...

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Peshmerga officers will be based at UN investigator says he has evidence Kirkuk’s K1 starting Sunday of genocide against Iraq's Yazidis

Several Peshmerga officers will begin A U.N. team investigating Islamic State working with Iraqi forces at Kirkuk’s K1 crimes in Iraq has found "clear and military base on Sunday, part of efforts to convincing evidence that the crimes improve coordination and intelligence... against the Yazidi people clearly...

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Biden administration: We have a Turkey has advanced up to 20km into ‘strategic partnership’ with the Kurdistan Region, PKK to blame: Kurdistan Region former Iraqi military chief of staff

Two US officials—one from the White The Turkish military has advanced up to House and another from the Pentagon— 20 km into the Kurdistan Region, a former made important statements last week in a Iraqi military chief of staff told Rudaw on webinar marking the 30th anniversary... Monday, blaming the...

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Bill establishing court for ISIS crimes US delegation meets Kurdistan PM; passes first reading in Kurdistan Washington seeks strengthening ties Parliament with 'important ally'

The Kurdistan Parliament to convene A high-level US delegation on after Eid al-Fitr to do the second reading Wednesday arrived in the capital of the for the draft bill aimed at establishing a Kurdistan Region and met with Prime special criminal court for the crimes... Minister Masrour Barzani...

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Kurdistan Region reorganizes water Christian scholar to head Kurdistan distribution to reduce water use Region's human rights board

The Kurdistan Region's Water Directorate The Kurdistan Region's parliament on says it will not reduce water supplies but Tuesday voted a Christian lawyer as will reorganize distribution to decrease head of the Independent Human Rights the overuse of water as the... Board.

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Islamic State Increases Attacks on Kurdistan Region Pledges Protection Iraqi and Kurdish Forces of Christian Rights

The Islamic State terror group has Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan increased its attacks on Iraqi and Kurdish Barzani met with the Vatican ambassador security forces, killing nearly two dozen to Iraq, Ambassador Mitja Leskovar, and people in the last month, according... announced that the...

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