Close the Representation of the Kurdistan Regional Office in Russia


2016/8/8 22:02


[Oan- Baghdad]

Detecting representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Russia, on Monday, that he "was closed Representation Office in the territory of Russia because of the financial crisis."

The representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Russia, Aso Cengi Burhan, in a press statement, "The closure of the Representation of the Kurdistan Regional Office in the Russian capital Moscow final on Sunday, and deliver the contents to the Treasury."

He indicated that he "did not exchange their budget and salaries for 11 months, we have experienced so much to open this office, which was closed."

He Cengi, as "have been notified of the Department of Foreign Relations earlier in the status of the office abroad, but it seems that we are not alone, all offices are suffering from the financial crisis."

As for the Iraqi Embassy in Russia, Cengi said, "The Iraqi embassy also suffer from the financial crisis, but they had to reduce their budget by about 30%, and paid rent their own office in advance and a reduction of 30% as well."

It is said that the Kurdistan Regional Government has 14 representatives in all of Germany - Britain - America - Iran - France - Italy - Spain - Russia - Bologna - Australia - Sweden - Belgium - Switzerland] and their budget up to $ 15 million a year.


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