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Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Korea’s Consul General Mr. Choi Kwang-Jin discuss inter-parliamentary relations

Kurdistan Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Korea’s Consul General Mr. Choi Kwang-Jin on 29 August discussed plans to strengthen relations between the Kurdistan Parliament and Korea’s National Assembly.

Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq and Norway’s Special Envoy Mr. Knut Lien discuss strengthening bilateral ties

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq and a delegation from Norway on 29 August discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between Kurdistan Region and Norway.

Parliament’s Presidency announces order of business for opening of autumn session on 1st September 2019

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament announces the order of business for opening of the autumn session of Parliament, on Sunday 1st September 2019, at 11am.

Former political prisoners submit their demands to Parliament’s committee

27 August - MPs in the Martyrs’ Affairs, Genocide and Political Prisoners Committee met representatives of a group of former political prisoners asking for more financial compensation, after they demonstrated in front of the Parliament building.

Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq calls MPs to first sitting of Parliament's autumn session

29 August - The Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Rewas Faiq calls MPs to an ordinary sitting to open the autumn session of Parliament, on Sunday 1st September at 11am.

Parliament's Presidency meet KDP Political Bureau members

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 28th August met with Mr. Faisal Mirani, Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) political bureau and several of its members. Speaker Faiq was accompanied by Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Secretary Muna Kahveci. Parliament's Presidency will meet with the leaderships of other political parties in the near future, as part of their efforts to strengthen Parliament’s relations with all the main political organisations in Kurdistan Region.

Parliament’s Presidency meets with former President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani

Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 28 August met with former President of Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani, to discuss the Kurdistan Parliament’s work and plans. Speaker Faiq was accompanied by Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and Secretary Muna Kahveci.

Parliament Secretary Muna Kahveci and UNAMI Director of Political Affairs Mr. Manoj Mathew discuss ethnic and religious communities in Kurdistan Region

Parliament Secretary Muna Kahveci on 28 August welcomed Mr. Manoj Mathew, Director of the UNAMI Office of Political Affairs, and exchanged views on Kurdistan Region’s model of representation and peaceful coexistence of different ethnic and religious communities.

Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and UNAMI Director of Political Affairs Mr. Manoj Mathew discuss latest developments

Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 28th August met with Mr. Manoj Mathew, Director of the UNAMI Office of Political Affairs, to discuss Kurdistan Parliament’s legislative programme, relations between Erbil and Baghdad, and regional developments.

Committees' recent meetings - 27 August 2019

On 27 August the Health Committee decided that they will visit the Director of Food Standards; and the Martys and Anfal Affairs Committee is looking into the failure to compensate Kurdistan's victims of the war against ISIS, even though Iraq's 2019 budget law fixed Kurdistan's allocation under Paragraph B, Point 3.