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Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 25th June chaired a meeting of the heads of Kurdistan Parliament’s standing committees to review their work over the last three months. 

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Vala Fareed on 24 June welcomed the Republic of Korea’s Consul General, Mr. Kwang-jin Choi, to discuss a forthcoming visit by a Korean political delegation. They also discussed Kurdistan’s government formation process, bilateral relations, and relations between the KRG and the Iraqi federal government.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami today in a speech to a delegation from the US Chamber of Commerce said that American companies can participate in diversifying Kurdistan Region’s economy.

23 June - The Parliament Committee on Education, Higher Education, and Scientific Research on 23 June had a meeting with Mr. Karim Latif, General Director of Examinations at the Ministry of Education. The discussed complaints from Grade 12 pupils that there were mistakes in the final exam question papers. Many parents and pupils raised objections about the exams.

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Dr. Vala Fareed today welcomed a delegation of British MPs who are members of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Kurdistan Region. The MPs also met Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami, Secretary Muna Kahveci, and the heads of several parliamentary blocs. Both the British and Kurdistani MPs said they want to build on the already close relations and for the UK to provide capacity building to the Kurdistan Parliament.

Speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament Dr. Vala Fareed on 20th June met Mr. Katsumi Moriyasu, Japan’s Consul to Kurdistan Region, who presented the Speaker with a letter from the President of Japan’s House Councillors, the upper chamber of the Japanese Diet.

Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami and several MPs on 20th June met Spain’s Ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador Juan Jose Escobar-Stemmann, and his delegation, to discuss the latest political developments, the situation of the different ethnic and religious communities, and Kurdistan Region’s relations with Spain.

Parliament's Relations and Kurdish Diaspora Committee yesterday congratulated Kurdish-American Ms Herro Mustafa on her appointment as US Ambassador to Bulgaria. Other committees in recent meetings discussed oil income for paying government employees' salaries, illegal oil refineries, and Iraq's regulation on opening a branch of a foreign company. 

Deputy Speaker Hawrami said that the people of Kurdistan and France have enjoyed excellent relations historically and today, and said he hoped that the ties will go from strength to strength. He thanked France for playing a positive role in the Middle East, and for its support for the Kurdish cause and the Kurdistan Region.

Kurdistan Parliament Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 18th June welcomed Mr. Rebwar Talabani, Head of Kirkuk Governorate Council. Ms. Jiwan Rojbayani (KDP), Head of Parliament’s Committee on Kurdistani Areas outside the KRG Administrative Area and several committee members also participated in the meeting.