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The Kurdistan Regional Government [a] (KRG) is the official executive body of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. The cabinet is selected by the majority party or list who also select the prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdish polity .
In an interview with Kurdistan 24, Greek Minister for Migration Ioannis Mouzalas stated that Greeks and the Kurds of Greece have exceptional ties. [10] The Greek community in Kurdistan Region is estimated to be about 30–50. [11] A 2004 report guessed the total number of Iraqis in Greece as being between 5,000 and 40,000. [12]
Additionally, given the large number of Iraqi Kurds living abroad, the KRG representative offices also assist with some legal services such as the ratification and authentication of documents belonging to members of Kurdish diaspora overseas, for use within the Kurdistan Region, in coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In the same month President of Kurdistan Region, President Masud Barzani, visited Washington, D.C., and met with President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. [35] The Consulate General of the United States in Erbil was established in July 2011. [35] Kurdistan Region have a representative office in the United States from February 2007. [36]
The page lists diplomatic missions in Kurdistan Region, a semi-autonomous federal region of Iraq. First fully accredited consulates general was opened by Iran and Russia [ 1 ] in 2007. Currently, 31 countries have official representation in Kurdistan Region, while Belarus , Cyprus , Denmark , Slovakia , Spain , Sri Lanka have honorary consulates.
Kurds have primarily migrated to Greece due to war and persecution. [3] Most asylum seekers in Greece during the 1990s were Kurds from mainly Iraq but also from southeastern Turkey . A total of 43,759 Kurds entered in Greece in the latter part of 1990s, in which 40,932 were from Iraq and 2,827 from Turkey.
Yet in Athens-Clarke County, anger over Riley’s death has centered on what some people believe is a definitive statement that the community is, in fact, a sanctuary city, where undocumented ...
The Kurdistan region of Iraq enjoys more stability, economic development, and political pluralism than the rest of the country. And public opinion under the Kurdistan Regional Government demands rule-of-law-based governance. But power is concentrated in the hands of the ruling parties and families, who perpetuate a nondemocratic, sultanistic ...