Pope Francis
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Turkey’s foreign ministry has slammed the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over its plans to print commemorative stamps marking the papal visit with a map of greater Kurdistan, calling on Kurdish authorities to correct the “grave” mistake.“Certain presumptuous authorities in the KRG dared to abuse the mentioned visit, to express their unrealistic aspirations against the territorial integrity of Iraq’s neighboring countries,” the Turkish foreign ministryin a Wednesday statement.
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Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) “ Kurdistan
Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met Russian President Vladimir
Putin on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic
Forum. President Putin valued the development of ties between the two sides, particularly in the economic field. Noting that terrorism has become a global issue, President Putin praised the Kurdistan Region for the way it has been conducting the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, ISIS. Regarding cooperation in the field of energy, President Putin said that he supports the agreements signed between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Russian oil companies.
