Secretary Rice with President Barzani at a press briefing in Erbil
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US Secretary Rice visits and shows support for Kurdistan Region’s autonomy
KRG.org , 6 Oct 2006
US Secretary Rice visits and shows support for Kurdistan Region’s autonomy
KRG Office of the Prime Minister
UPDATE
Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG.org) In the latest of series of high-level visits to the Kurdistan Region, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Erbil on Friday for meetings with the senior leadership of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
Rice: Region has special history
In a press briefing with President Barzani, Secretary Rice said, "It's wonderful to be in Erbil again. I said to the President that it is a beautiful region that is obviously growing very rapidly."
She said to Mr Barzani, "I appreciate your leadership and I appreciate also your important participation in the process of national reconciliation."
When asked about guarantees for the rights of the people of the Kurdistan Region, Secretary Rice said, "We have been friends with the Kurdish people for a very long time, and in fact prior to liberation, well prior to liberation, I think helped to provide stability and protection to the Kurdish people. We now are able to have a situation in which we will have a democratic Iraq, not just a democratic Kurdish region. There are guarantees in the constitution of that unified Iraq. People understand the importance of autonomy here in the Kurdish regions. They understand the special history of Kurdistan."
President Barzani helping to building national reconciliation.
President Barzani in their meeting reaffirmed his support for a federal and democratic Iraq, noting that the Kurdistan Region made a voluntary decision to remain part of a federal Iraq and would continue to do so. “We continue to support efforts toward national reconciliation and the peaceful and democratic evolution of Iraq,” he said. “We are doing our part to bring all groups together in a structure which provides autonomy and freedom for all the people of Iraq.”
President Barzani thanked the Secretary for US’s continuing commitment to the region.
On the matter of oil, President Barzani said the Iraqi constitution provides for fair and equitable distribution of oil revenues, while allowing individual regions to maintain substantial control of their own natural resources. He said, “We will continue to press for a solution which respects our rights, but which is part of a fair and equitable treatment of all Iraq’s natural resources”.
This was Secretary Rice’s second visit to the Kurdistan Region in the last two years. As well as meeting President Masoud Barzani, she also met Vice President Kosrat Rasoul, Mr Nawsherwan Mustafa, Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Deputy Prime Minster Omar Fattah. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Ambassador to Iraq, and a delegation from the State Department, accompanied Miss Rice.
Updated 7 October
http://www.krg.org/articles/article_detail.asp?ArticleNr=14121&LangNr=12&LNNr=28&RNNr=70
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