ARMENIA – KRG KEEN TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS; YEREVAN OPENS CONSULATE IN ERBIL
10:39, February 3, 2015
Falah Mustafa, Foreign Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government
(KRG) met with Armenia’s Ambassador to Iraq on February 2 in Erbil,
capital of the autonomous Kurdish enclave in northern Iraq, to discuss
bilateral relations, according to the official KRGwebsite.
This was the first visit by Ambassador Karin Gregorian to Erbil for
talks with the government of the Kurdish Region.
Gregorian said that the president and Armenian government are committed
to establishing and strengthening ties with the Kurdistan Region
and briefed Minister Mustafa on the opening of Armenia’s consulate
general in Erbil.
The Ambassador announced that starting next week; Armenia will conduct
direct flights from Yerevan to Erbil twice per week. He hoped that this
will lead to more economic and cultural exchanges between Kurdistan
and Armenia.
Ambassador Gregorian commended the KRG for its political and economic
developments as well as its culture of peaceful coexistence and
religious tolerance.
Minister Mustafa welcomed the Ambassador to Kurdistan and thanked him
for his efforts to establish institutional ties between Kurdistan and
Armenia. He commended the commitment of the government of Armenia
to strengthen ties with Kurdistan and welcomed the commencement of
flights between Erbil and Yerevan.
Mr. Mustafa and Ambassador Gregorian also discussed the security and
humanitarian challenges facing the Kurdistan Region. The Ambassador
expressed the support and solidarity of the government and people of
Armenia with the government and people of Kurdistan and pledged that
Armenia will soon provide Kurdistan with assistance.