Erbil wants Armenian diplomatic mission in KurdistanOctober 24, 2018 - 12:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of Department of Foreign Relations for Kurdistan Regional Government Falah Mustafa has stressed the need to establish an Armenian diplomatic mission in Kurdistan. Mustafa on Tuesday, October 23 met Armenia's outgoing ambassador to Iraq Karen L. Grigorian. "Thanked the outgoing #Armenian Ambassador @Armenia_in_IQ Mr Karen Grigorian for his contribution in developing cooperation between #Armenia & #Kurdistan Region," Mustafa said in a tweet. "Stressed the need to establish diplomatic representation in the #KRI & means to further strengthen bilateral relations." Armenian populations in Iraqi Kurdistan emerged since the 1920s after they were displaced in the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923. The Armenians have one reserved minority seat in the parliament of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |