KRG appreciates UK's ‘continued support’ for Peshmerga forces: envoy
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Representative to the UK, Karwan Jamal Tahir, thanked the UK on Thursday for supporting the Peshmerga forces.
"Huge thank you, Minister @JSHeappey, for your valuable friendship, & I highly appreciate the @DefenseHQ's continued support of #Peshmerga," Tahrir tweeted to the British Minister of Defense James Heappey.
"The discussions were constructive, and we look forward to further coordination that serves our mutual interests."
Huge thank you, Minister @JSHeappey, for your valuable friendship, & I highly appreciate the @DefenceHQ's continued support of #Peshmerga.
— Karwan Jamal Tahir (@karwanTahir) July 28, 2022
The discussions were constructive, & we look forward to further coordination that serves our mutual interests.@KRG_MOPE @Kurdistan @KRG_DFR https://t.co/3vHbafCukw
In an earlier tweet, the UK Ministry of Defense said the Minister of Defence Heappey met with the Minister for Peshmerga Affairs Ismail Shoresh earlier this week to discuss the UK's ongoing support for Peshmerga reform.
"The visit covered how the British Army conducts command and planning at tactical and strategic levels," read the tweet.
Armed Forces Minister @JSHeappey met Minister for Peshmerga Affairs of Kurdistan Region of Iraq @IsmailShoresh to discuss the UK’s ongoing support to Peshmerga reform.
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) July 25, 2022
The visit covered how the @BritishArmy conducts command and planning at tactical and strategic levels. pic.twitter.com/oFkHajCc4c
The UK is part of the Multi-National Advisory Group (MNAG), which also includes the Netherlands, the US, the UK, and Germany, which supports the reform project to unify partisan units of the Peshmerga forces into a unified modern force.
In September, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani visited the British Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the UK's largest military academy, and met with Peshmerga cadets studying there.