{"id":1251,"date":"2024-07-22T10:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T07:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2024-07-22T15:51:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T12:51:35","slug":"italy-upgrades-consulate-in-erbil-to-consulate-general-kurdistan-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dal_consolato\/2024\/07\/italy-upgrades-consulate-in-erbil-to-consulate-general-kurdistan-chronicle\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALY UPGRADES CONSULATE IN ERBIL TO CONSULATE GENERAL (KURDISTAN CHRONICLE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>12 July 20<span lang=\"EN-GB\">24 (Kurdistan Chronicle)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">On July 11, Italy\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its decision to upgrade the status of Italy\u2019s Consulate in Erbil to Consulate General as of June 1<sup>st<\/sup>.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations Head Safeen Dizayee welcomed the decision, noting in a post on X that \u201cthis significant step will pave the way for increased cooperation and partnership between our nations. Congratulations to the Italian mission for this accomplishment.\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cWe feel the privilege and the burden of honouring the decision taken by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to elevate our representation in Iraqi Kurdistan to Consulate General,\u201d Italy\u2019s Consulate General said in a post on X. \u201cGrateful to the authorities of KRI (Kurdistan Region of Iraq) for their support and friendship, sure of further strengthening bilateral relations.\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">During the celebration of Italy\u2019s Republic Day on June 3, Italy\u2019s Ambassador to Iraq Maurizio Greganti stated that \u201cthe elevation to Consulate General is the right recognition for this hard work and for the strong demand to increase the bilateral cooperation that comes from both the authorities and the population of Kurdistan.\u201d He also underlined that \u201cItaly will continue its military and diplomatic engagement in both bilateral and multilateral missions in Iraq.\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Italian Consul General Michele Camerota during the event also underlined that Italy believes \u201cin the so-called soft power of culture and we feel that culture brings people together to promote mutual understanding.\u201d Italy has promoted and supported Italian culinary, cultural, and archaeological projects in Kurdistan, while also supporting the Peshmerga reform program and trained Peshmerga forces. There are also 11 Italian archaeological missions currently active in Kurdistan.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">According to Italy\u2019s Nova News online newspaper, the Italian Army has trained 424 operators in the Kurdistan Region since the start of 2024. In 2023, it trained 1,970 Peshmerga fighters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_Style2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Consul General Camerota said the Italian military presence is a very important asset in the region. \u201cWe work very closely with the Peshmerga forces and we formally joined the Multinational Advisory Group (MNAG) this year.\u201d Apart from Italy, the MNAG includes the Netherlands, the United States, the UK, and Germany, and backs the project to reform the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"12 July 2024 (Kurdistan Chronicle) On July 11, Italy\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced its decision to upgrade the status of Italy\u2019s Consulate in Erbil to Consulate General as of June 1st.\u00a0 Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Department of Foreign Relations Head Safeen Dizayee welcomed the decision, noting in a post on X that \u201cthis significant [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1266,"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions\/1266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conserbil.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}