South Korea to open Consulate, provide humanitarian assistance to Kurdistan
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – South Korea plans to open a consulate in the Kurdistan Region and continue to provide medical and financial assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) hosted by the Region.
On Tuesday, the Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani received the newly appointed South Korean Ambassador to Iraq Song Wong-Yeob, accompanied by a Korean diplomatic delegation.
According to a statement by the Kurdistan Region Presidency (KRP), the South Korean ambassador revealed his government decided to open a Consulate General in Kurdistan in the future.
South Korea currently has an embassy office in the Region.
President Barzani and the Korean Ambassador discussed the war against terror, providing more assistance to IDPs, and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation between both countries.
Additionally, the South Korean Delegation, headed by Ambassador Wong-Yeob, met with the KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.
The group discussed several topics including the development of bilateral relations, the war against the Islamic State (IS), and the influx of IDPs and refugees in the Kurdistan Region.
Kareem Sinjari, the KRG Minister of Interior, told Kurdistan24 on Tuesday that South Korea donated medical equipment and medicines worth USD $300,000 for the displaced in Kurdistan.
The South Korean assistance will be distributed among the provinces of Erbil, Sulaimani, and Duhok based on the number of IDPs and refugees in each of the governorates, Sinjari explained.
The minister added that he hoped the country increases its assistance to the Kurdistan Region.
KRG officials continue encouraging the international community to provide more humanitarian aid to the Region as it is the very first front line fighting against IS and suffers from a critical financial crisis.
Currently, the Kurdistan Region is home to over 1.8 million IDPs and Syrian refugees who fled from Syria and parts of Iraq.
Editing by Karzan Sulaivany