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Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami today met Ms. Pegatha Taylor, Deputy Director of the Iraq Desk of Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Hawrami said that good governance and security measures are needed to prevent the reemergence of ISIS, and that the root causes of disenfranchisement must be addressed. 

Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami today met Mr Ahmed Aldhaheri, the United Arab Emirates’ Consul General to the Kurdistan Region. They discussed the latest political developments and the government formation process.

Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 21^st May welcomed Mr. Efthymios Costopoulos, Greece’s first ever Consul General to the Kurdistan Region. They discussed the latest political developments and the government formation process.

Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami on 20^th May met Mr. Steven Fagin, the US Consul General to the Kurdistan Region to discuss the latest political developments and the government formation process.

Deputy Speaker Hemin Hawrami yesterday welcomed the Russian Federation’s new Consul General, Mr. Oleg Levin. Kurdistan has a special historic friendship with Russia. They discussed strengthening ties with Russia's parliament, and Russia’s hope to increase economic, cultural and educational relations with the Kurdistan Region. 

Parliament's Presidency on 19th May met Mr. Siraj Barzani, the Head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Mine Action Agency. Mr. Barzani submitted a request to the Presidency to give equal rights to Kurdistan’s mine clearance personnel through legislation.

Parliament's Presidency on 19^th May held meetings with Minister Falah Mustafa. They discussed the importance of concrete relations between Kurdistan Region, its neighbours and other countries to serve Kurdistan’s interests. They also looked at ways to strengthen the Kurdistan Parliament's links with other parliaments. 

Minister Falah Mustafa, the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, briefed the relations committee; and the KRG's general director for electricity distribution brief the energy committee on smart metering and the distribution schedule. 

As well as your duty to educate and develop future generations, teachers in Kurdistan have had an additional responsibility, of teaching your students to value their nation and to serve their country...More recently, during the war against ISIS and through the ensuing financial crisis, teachers continued to teach their students to value peaceful coexistence.

The Presidency of the Kurdistan Parliament warmly congratulates the people of Kurdistan on this occasion, which heralded a new era of freedom for Kurdistan...On that day, we laid the foundations of statehood and established the separation of powers.