Kurdistan 24 as Resource to UK Parliament, UK, Kurdistan Region Relationship Document, Part I

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain released its annual document CDP-0025 (2024) regarding the relationship between the UK and Kurdistan Region. They benefited from Kurdistan 24 as one of their resources in the annual UK Parliament CDP.

Relationship between the UK and Kurdistan Region of Iraq released as a document of 26 pages by the UK Parliament, House of Commons. It is conferring about every single aspect of the relationship with Kurdistan Region.

The document mentioned “The UK Government supports the territorial integrity of Iraq and in 2023 to aid the state with issues such as corruption, climate change, security, and to write NATO to warn Turkey from any activity that leads to instability in the zone.”

It sounds that UK watches closely all the activities on the ground, such as the water supply in north east Syria; according to the record a humanitarian issue was raised about water availability bilaterally with all parties in the region, including Turkey.

As highlighted, it also conferred issues such as corruption, climate change, and security, and then recorded the Minister of State for the Middle East Lord Tariq Ahmad’s visit in 2023 to Erbil where he met with the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG’s Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. The following statement was highlighted in the document.

Lord Ahmad’s quotation “I was impressed with what I saw at the Kurdistan Regional Government’s state of the art Department of Information Technology I’m delighted the UK is able to support ambitious reform programmes in Iraq and the Kurdistan region. Meeting with business leaders and inspiring young professionals underlined that developing new economic expertise and encouraging bilateral investment and trade is of vital importance.”

 “This debate pack provides information on the history of Iraqi Kurdistan, recent military activity in the region by Turkey and Iran, ongoing tensions between the regional and federal government in Iraq, and UK Government statements and diplomatic work relating to the region.” His quotation recorded in the document.

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Press and Media in Kurdistan Region

This section in the UK Parliament’s record, the Kurdistan 24 is highlighted and pointed out with an article, to show the relationship between the UK and Kurdistan Region. The article is relevant to the debate made to discuss and set rules regarding the relationship between the two states.

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The UK’s knowledge of Kurdistan Region Background

UK Parliament, in that document, acknowledged “Kurds are non-Arab predominantly Sunni-Muslim people, who are concentrated in an area covering parts of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Estimates place their number at 25 to 35 million, making them the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East”

It is recognized by the UK Parliament that the Kurds are one of the world’s largest peoples without a state. It’s highlighted that attempts were made to establish a statehood to this nation since 1990s, however the Regional Government (Sout of Kurdistan) codified in 2005.

“Kurdish autonomy developed in the 1990s as a result of a no-fly zone being established to create a ‘save haven’ for civilians, which Saddam Regime had violently suppressed the Kurdish population, Concentration camps, annihilating and exterminating against the Kurds.” Recorded by the UK Parliament in that 26-page document and