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On 17 October Parliament's Committee on Foreign Relations and the Kurdish Diaspora led by chair Dr. Rebwar Babkayi (KDP) met with Minister Safeen Dizayee, the Kurdistan Regional Government's Head of the Department of Foreign Relations (DFR).  

Speaker Faiq said that the conference was a good opportunity to talk about Kurdistan's experience of the women’s quota system and how to make it a success. She said that after 2003, the system had a very positive impact on the political situation in all of Iraq.

The Kurdistan Parliament’s Culture, Civil Society, Sports and Youth Committee made the following statement on the tragic death of two journalists and their young child: Amanj Babani, Lana Muhammad, and their son Hano:

Kurdistan Parliament’s Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 16 October welcomed the European Union Ambassador to Iraq, Martin Huth. 

The Speaker briefed Ambassador Huth on the parties in Kurdistan Parliament, saying that the Kurdistani people first voted for the Kurdistan Parliament in 1992 in Iraq’s first ever free and fair election, and the Parliament was later officially recognized by the Iraqi Constitution in 2005 and became one of the constitutional institutions in the Kurdistan Region.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 16 October welcomed Ms. Ashley Durec, Head of Canada’s Embassy Office in Erbil. They discussed the need for the war in Rojava to stop immediately and the problems to be resolved through dialogue. They also discussed the talks between Baghdad and Erbil to reach an agreement on outstanding issues. 

Speaker Faiq briefed Deputy Prime Minister Stamp of North Rhine-Westphalia on the current situation in Rojava and the war that has killed civilians and forced many thousands of them to flee. She said that in recent days, some of them have reached the Kurdistan Region and are now settled in camps as refugees. The risk that thousands of ISIS prisoners escaping from Rojava prisons remains a major threat to Kurdistan's borders, Dr. Faiq said.

The Kurdistan Parliament on 15 October held a sitting to call for an immediate halt to the military attacks on Rojava, Western Kurdistan. The head of each parliamentary block asked that the military attacks stop immediately and all were deeply concerned for civilians, the humanitarian situation, the threat to security and stability, and the revival of ISIS and other terrorist groups. Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq read the 12 recommendations agreed by the parliamentary blocks, which were passed by an overwhelming majority of MPs, 96 out of 97 present. 

Kurdistan Parliament’s Speaker Dr. Rewaz Faiq on 14 October chaired a meeting of the heads of the parliamentary blocks to prepare for the sitting the next day on Turkey’s military attacks on Rojava, Western Kurdistan and the resulting civilian lives lost and the humanitarian crisis. 

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Rewas Faiq on 14 October supervised a meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee to discuss preparations for the second reading of the bill which grants the right of ownership to those citizens who took or used land illegally and built houses on them.

Kurdistan Parliament's Relations and Diaspora Committee discussed the military campaign in Rojava, Western Kurdistan which has already killed civilians and discussed how it must be halted immediately by all diplomatic means. The Kurdistan Exporters and Importers Union raised the issue of tariffs with the Economic Affairs Committee, and said that trade flows in Kurdistan have fallen by 50% and thousands have lost their jobs as a result.