Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 November 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 November 2015 (named day). It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Monday, 30 November 2015 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Iraq: Kurds

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on the autonomy of the Kurdistan region in northern Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond) last met Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ja’afari in London on 22 January. The autonomy of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was not discussed at that meeting. However, the Foreign Secretary, the British Ambassador to Baghdad, the Consul General in Erbil and I regularly discuss with both the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government, the importance of working together to defeat ISIL and deliver the stable, secure, prosperous and unified Iraq all Iraq’s people want.

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