Armenia is planning on opening the Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in the Iraqi city of Erbil.
The Decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia on this is one of the items on the agenda for the March 2 session of the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
According to the justification, significant progress has been made in the relations between Iraq and Armenia over the past five to six years; in particular, the Embassy of Iraq was reopened in Yerevan, the Armenian-Iraqi Joint Inter-Governmental Commission on Economic Cooperation has held sessions, business forums have been held, the trade turnover of both countries is growing year after year, and there are direct flights from and to Baghdad, Erbil and Yerevan in the seasons for tourism
“The trade and economic cooperation is being more manifested in Armenian-Iraqi relations in Iraqi Kurdistan, and this is particularly conditioned by security and other favorable factors. As part of Iraq, Kurdistan is autonomous and has over 30 foreign representations. Taking into account the need for development of the effective bilateral cooperation, the presence of the Armenian community of Iraq that tends to become a larger community in Kurdistan and the business circles of Armenia doing trade and carrying out economic activities in Kurdistan, the sustainable growth of the trade turnover, and accepting as a basis the agreement reached through the exchange of declarations of Iraq and Armenia, it is appropriate to establish the Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in Erbil,” the conclusion of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs reads.
