The leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani, confirmed today, Sunday, that the Kurdistan region is a land of coexistence and reconciliation among all national and religious components, while expressing his concern about the decision of the President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, to withdraw the Republican decree for the Chaldean Church in Baghdad.
This came during Barzani’s reception, the head of the Chaldean Church in Iraq and the scholar Cardinal Louis Sako, and his accompanying delegation, which included a number of bishops of the Christian religion, in the Salah al-Din resort, in the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, according to a statement by Masoud Barzani’s office.
According to the statement, at the beginning of the meeting, Sako expressed his thanks for the respect and appreciation he received in the Kurdistan region for the symbols and personalities of various religions, as well as his thanks for the Kurdish culture of coexistence, which has become a reason for preserving the components, their history and culture.
For his part, Barzani expressed his welcome to the guest delegation, and noted that “Kurdistan is the land of coexistence, reconciliation and peace among all national and religious components,” adding, “During the war against ISIS terrorists, I assured a delegation of Christian clerics that Kurdistan is their country and they should not think of leaving it, so either we live together proudly on this land or we die together.”
Barzani expressed, according to the statement, his concern about the President of the Republic’s decision to withdraw the Republican Decree of the Chaldean Church, hoping that the decision would be reviewed and corrected.
Louis Sako arrived on Friday evening in the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, and was received at Erbil International Airport, by the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Fadel Mirani, the Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs in the regional government, Peshtiwan Sadiq, and the Minister of Transportation in the regional government, Anu Johar./ End
Source: National Iraqi News Agency