The visiting Canadian officials Encouraged to Strengthen Political and Economic Relations With Kurdistan Region
Canada?s new Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan, ?Mark Gwozdecky, marked the first Canadian official to visit the Kurdistan Region of Iraq(KRG) ?late last week where ?he was received by ?the Kurdistan Region?s leadership, including ?Kurdistan President, Masoud Barzani, according to a press release published on KRG website.
The Canadian Ambassador said that many of his colleagues have spoken ?very highly of the progress and development in Kurdistan, and ?added that he was glad to be able to witness these developments firsthand. ? ?The KRG statement mentioned. ??I am very happy to hear you are getting on with the business of developing your region notwithstanding the problems around you, moving ahead to make life better for your people. That?s what the people want and that?s what they deserve after all those years of instability and sometimes misery.? ?The Canadian official said.
The Canadian Government warns ?Canadians against all travel?to Iraq, ?except for the areas administered by the Kurdistan Regional Government (the provinces of Dahuk, Erbil, and Sulaymaniyah). Except for those in the Kurdistan region, Canadians currently in Iraq should leave,? ?according to the Canadian Foreign Affairs Ministry website?s ?Warning and Recommendations.??
The Canadian high-ranking officials visit to Kurdistan Region?aimed to? discuss ?potential areas of cooperation in both the public and private sectors.? ?Kurdish statement said. The Canadian Ambassador also spoke of the large Kurdish communities that reside in Canada, many of whom fled the hardships that they had to endure under the previous regime. He added that these communities will play an important role in helping establish stronger relations between Canada and the Kurdistan Region.
The Kurdistan Region President on behalf?of the Kurdish people conveyed thanks via the Ambassador for ?Canada?s support and assistance to the Kurdish people? ?during the now defunct ?regime of Iraq, and hoped that Kurdistan and Canada can develop relations that ?based on mutual understanding and interests.?
There are some Canadian companies that are already active in the Kurdistan Region, mainly in the oil and gas sector. However, Canada has kept its distance from Iraq and Kurdistan Region since the 2003 US-led?invasion?of Iraq which toppled the former Iraqi dictator. ?In March 2004 post-war Iraq, when the ?former Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister?had a plan to discuss Canadian Policy with Canadian-ethnic communities, Kurdish community?Representative?of Vancouver,?Aram Azez,?suggested?establishing Canada-Kurdistan relation committees that would?strengthen bilateral relations, based on common interests and values in political,?economic and cultural ties between Canada and Kurdistan Region.??However, then Liberal?Government?of Canada?s foreign minister didn?t show ?interest in?establishing relationships with the Kurdish region or Iraq at all.
Kurdistan Minister of Foreign Relations,?Falah Mustafa, ?also ?encouraged the ?Canadian ?Ambassador ?and the?delegation?accompanied him?to consider establishing a representative office in Kurdistan to join the other 23 diplomatic and foreign representations already present in Kurdistan. The?Canada?delegation was included the ?Ambassador?Deputy Head of Mission Mr Yves Duval, and the Embassy?s senior Trade Commissioner Mr John Ormond, according to KRG statement.
Source: http://ikjnews.com/?p=2880
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