Erbil Governor Nawzad Hadi. Photo: Rudaw TV
​(Article from Tim Tarkington)



The Kurdistan Region is going to the Kuwait donor conference with a clear proposal to obtain funding for projects that have been prepared by the Ministry of Planning in consultation with the local governments of the Kurdish provinces, Erbil Governor Nawzad Hadi told Rudaw.

Hadi will attend the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, taking place February 12 – 14 as part of the KRG delegation that plans to present 80 proposals to governments and private investors.

The conference “focuses on investment, reconstruction, and coexistence,” he said, explaining that the Kurdistan Region delegation hopes to be successful in getting funding for their projects as a “beautiful and successful example of forgiveness and coexistence.”

Rudaw: How can the Kurdistan Region benefit from this conference to develop its provinces?

Nawzad Hadi: Thank you very much. This conference, which is specific to developing the infrastructure of Iraq including the Kurdistan Region, following the completion of the war on ISIS terrorists, the international community, as a sign of support to Iraq, to areas which suffered substantially, and because the Kurdistan Region was at the forefront of defense and confrontation with ISIS terrorists. Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Region hosted over 1.8 million IDPs, which has abundantly affected the Kurdistan Region’s infrastructure and economy because it was part of the platform for ejecting ISIS. In the past and even now, the Kurdistan Region has had its own losses in this regard.

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