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Kurdistan Region-Iraq News in brief
30.10.2008
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October 30, 2008 - Sulaimaniyah,
Erbil-Hewler, Duhok, Kirkuk, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq'
Iraqi government to control
Kurdistan region flights
Iraqi government has decided that from now on the
legal affairs of all flights of the Iraqi airports
including Kurdistan region airports should be
carried out in Baghdad.
In a statement the general director of technical
affairs of Sulaimaniyah International Airport, Taer
Abdulla Kadir, told PUKmedia that according to the
Iraqi civil aviation authority law,www.ekurd.net
all flights to be
approved by Baghdad. Moreover, the IDs of the pilots
would be issued and investigated in Baghdad first
and then the regions to be notified about this. He
also said that this law is being pursued by both
Sulaimaniyah and Erbil International Airports
before, indicating that this decision might have a
political agenda without pointing out to any other
details.
KRG to invite Nelson
Mandela to visit Kurdistan Region
The ministry of culture in the Kurdistan Region
Government (KRG) plans to invite the former
President of South Africa and the prominent figure
Nelson Mandela to visit Kurdistan region.
Regarding that, Taman Shakir, the head of the media
office of the KRG minister of culture told PUKmedia
website that minister Falak al-Den Kakai asked the
KRG Premier to dispatch a formal invitation for
Mandel to visit Kurdistan region. Shakir added that
the delegation of the KRG ministry of culture met
the head of the Kurdish Institution in Paris Candal
Nazan who emphasized Mandela’s respect to the people
of Kurdistan region and his wish to visit Kurdistan
in order to closely observe the situation there.
Kurdistan region parliament
authorizes women to have right of divorce
After the Kurdistan region parliament on previous
sessions voted unanimously in favor of remaining
strong conditional polygamy article in the Kurdistan
region draft law for personal status code, Wednesday
the parliament discussed the conditions and basis of
marriage contract in which authorized women to have
the right of divorce. “While signing a marriage
contract,www.ekurd.net
two witnesses –without
differentiating between man and women-should attend
in front of the judge and women also have the right
of divorce, provided that the woman imposes this
condition for the man in the time of signing the
contract.” an article of the draft law - which
ratified overwhelmingly- stipulates.
However, several lawmakers rejected this article
which allows women to have the right of divorce,
saying women are rather an emotional creature and
this right might have strong danger against
disintegration of the family ties. The parliament
also unanimously endorsed that the age of marriage
is “Both the male and the female should complete16
years of age, provided that a medical report should
certify both sides mentally and physically are
healthy. Another condition of the marriage contract
is that parents of the girl or the woman should
express their consent, or at least the mother of the
woman to agree to the marriage in case father of the
girl was dead.
Iran to activate border
trade with Iraq’s Kurdistan-governor
Sulaimaniyah: Iranian Karmanshah governor on
Wednesday announced he discussed activating dealings
in border crossings and organizing a commercial expo
in Sulaimaniyah. Meeting Sulaimaniyah governor Dana
Ahmed, Karmanshah governor Majid Ghafouri said “he
discussed means of activating the border crossings
between Iran and Iraq’s Kurdistan region.”
“It aimed at boosting the move of commodities,www.ekurd.net
of which 50 percent flow
through the crossings of Barweezkhan and Shawshama.”
“A large expo for Iranian products would be
organized in Sulaimaniyah next December”, the
Iranian official noted.
Iraq’s Kurdistan region imports large quantities of
its foodstuffs and agricultural products from Iran
through five border crossings. It is expected that
the rate of Iranian exported products will rise from
$1.5 billion in 2006 to $3 billion according to the
Iraqi Ambassador to Iran.
The Iranian official wrapped up two-day visit to
Sulaimaniyah, which lies 364 north Baghdad.
Koreans end medical
services ahead of withdrawal
Erbil: The commander of South Korean troops in Iraq
on Wednesday said that they have closed their
hospital in Kurdistan in preparation for their
departure from the country.
“Al-Zaytun Hospital’s employees have performed their
duty in providing medical services for citizens….,”
the South Korean commander told VOI.
Earlier Wednesday, a spokesperson for the South
Korean Ministry of Defense, Won Tae-Jae, said that
his country will withdraw its remaining troops from
Iraq by December 20, ending the deployment of what
was once the third largest foreign force in the
war-torn country. In 2004, Seoul sent 3,600 troops
to Iraq to take part in military operations in the
aftermath of the collapse of the former Iraqi
regime. The forces were centered in Iraq’s Kurdistan
region.
$114M in supplementary
budget for Sulaimaniyah
A total of $114 million has been allocated for the
supplementary budget of Sulaimaniyah province, a
member of the provincial council said on Wednesday.
“The prime ministry of Kurdistan has decided to
approve a 137-billion-dinar ($114 million)
supplementary budget for Sulaimaniyah,” Kurdistan
Fariq Ahmed said. An amount of 117 billion Iraqi
dinars has been earmarked for this supplementary
budget, but was later raised to 137 billion dinars
due to the large number of services projects in the
province.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, VOI
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