Today, Mrs. Kader visited the Substitute for General Affairs of the Holy Father, Msgr. Becciu at the Holy See.
Mrs. Kader informed Msgr. Becciu on the current situation in the region following the release of Mosul and the issues surrounding the process of reconstruction and reconciliation of the population. The Kurdistan Regional Government is still struggling to restore brotherhood and ethnic-religious integration. Additionally, on 25 September, a referendum on the independence of the region will take place, pointing out that it is a referendum of popular will and advisory nature. President Barzani stressed that the right to self-determination of the Kurdish people in particular that one of the Plain of Nineveh, inhabited for centuries by the Christian community, will be respected and that the reserved domain of another state will never be violated.
In this historic moment, the support of the Holy See is more than ever fundamental to having been the Kurdish people for too long victims of violence and persecution and therefore deserves to regain a climate of stability and peace.