Kurdistan cannot afford any more IDPS, PM warns US

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Kurdistan cannot afford any more IDPS, PM warns US officials

The Kurdistan Region, troubled with the financial crisis and the war against the Islamic State, cannot afford the upcoming wave of displaced people from Mosul if it is not helped by the international community, Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani told a high level US delegation Thursday evening.

In its third and last meeting in Erbil, the US delegation met with Barzani and Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani.

The US delegation was headed by Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, accompanied by the US President’s special envoy to the coalition fighting ISIS, Brett McGurk, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Joseph Pennington.

“Given the current situation, the Kurdistan Region cannot afford to receive any more internally displaced people,” read a statement issued by the Kurdistan Regional Government following the meeting.

“That is why Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani deemed it necessary for the international community to support the Kurdistan Region and Iraq so that it can provide necessary services to those displaced people expected to head towards the Kurdistan Region after the Mosul operation.”

The statement said the US delegation was thankful of Kurdish efforts in hosting the Iraqi internally displaced people (IDPs) and Syrian refugees, and said that “because of the Mosul operation, a large number of displaced people is expected to head towards the Kurdistan Region. That is why it is necessary for the international community to help the Kurdistan Region. The delegation said they will continue their aid to Kurdistan Region”.

On Wednesday, while in Baghdad, Blinken announced that the US was committing a further $181 million in humanitarian assistance to Iraq, “to address critical humanitarian needs, including those expected to occur with Iraq’s planned military offensive to liberate Mosul from Da’esh [Islamic State, ISIS] occupation,” according to a statement issued by the State Department.

The US and Erbil officials also discussed relations between the Kurdistan Region and the Iraqi central government.

Barzani said in their meeting that Erbil and Baghdad have good relations and coordination with respect to combating terror and, “there should be strong and good coordination between Erbil and Baghdad in other aspects, too, in particular with regard to helping those areas that will be liberated from the Islamic State”.

http://rudaw.net/english/kurdistan/150920169

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The fall of Mosul will arabize all the Kurdish areas

Why ? Because of the great Arab Brotherhood Solidarity making that Iraq will reject its own population and sent them to Kurds.

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The fall of Mosul will arabize all the Kurdish areas

Why ? Because of the great Arab Brotherhood Solidarity making that Iraq will reject its own population and sent them to Kurds.

Kurdistan already has far too many deleted expletive Arabs within it's borders

A lot of young Kurds are protesting against the influx of deleted expletive Arabs into Erbil and I do not blame them

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In the same time, all these young Kurds dream to go abroad, in Europe or America or Australia, where they will be the undesirable migrants and letting the Kurdish Region to Arabs, lol.

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In the same time, all these young Kurds dream to go abroad, in Europe or America or Australia, where they will be the undesirable migrants and letting the Kurdish Region to Arabs, lol.

Kurdistan full of Arabs

Government are going to have to work hard to give the younger Kurds more opportunities