High Representative Karwan Jamal hosts London Metropolitan University Students
News : 3/27/2023
London, United
Kingdom, www.uk.gov.krd. The Kurdistan Regional Government High Representative to the UK,
Mr Karwan Jamal Tahir hosted Steven Curtis, Associate Professor of
International Relations and undergraduate students from London Metropolitan
University for a discussion on the evolution of Kurdish national identity in
the Middle East and the history of Kurds in Iraq from the inception of the
Baath regime to the present.
High
Representative Karwan explored the political, socioeconomic and ideological
transformation of Kurds in Iraq. He stated that despite the Kurd’s long
struggle with statelessness, the Kurdistan Region has successfully built ‘a de
facto and autonomous self-rule in Iraq’ which has evolved as the most viable
part of the country due to its achievements in the provision of economic growth
and security, as well as development of agriculture and the extension of public
goods production.
The discussion
also focused on exchanging views on the importance diplomatic tools in the
pursuit of foreign policy objectives. The
students also debated a range of questions related to the dynamics of Kurdish
questions in the Middle East.
London
27/3/2023
