Iraqi government announces the continuation of domestic flights to and from the Kurdistan Region

Saad al-Hadithi spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Information Office on Friday the entry into force of the ban on international flights to and from the Kurdistan Region, but said that this decision will not include internal flights with other Iraqi provinces.
“On Friday evening, September 29, 2017 the implementation of the decision of the Council of Ministers to stop international flights to and from the region until the transfer of control of the airports of Sulaymaniyah and Arbil to the control and administration of the federal authority began,” the statement said.
He explained that “the suspension of international flights to and from the region came in accordance with the Constitution and international contexts,” echoing saying that “internal aviation continues to maintain the interests of our citizens in the region because the goal is not to punish citizens, but to stop unilateral decisions and unconstitutional by the leaders of the region And the unity of Iraq and the Iraqi people. “

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