Eight Tons Of Polish Aid to Displaced people Arrive In Erbil On A Polish Plane

BAGHDAD / NINA / A Polish transport plane, carrying eight tons of humanitarian aid, landed at the Erbil airport to relief Iraqi victims who have suffered religious persecution and ethnic cleansing, including Christians and Yazidis, who have found a haven in the Kurdistan region. The spokesman of the Polish Embassy in Baghdad told the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA / The aid includes food, tents, blankets, beds, sleeping bags, and first aid kits that provided by Caritas institution and the Polish Ministry of the Interior. The delegation was headed by the Polish ambassador, Stanslao Smoln and the envoy of the Foreign Ministry in Irbil, and the delegation was received by Necharvan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government and Falah Mustafa Bakir, head of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the government of the province, adding that both sides participated in political consultations. The consultations focused on the current political situation in Iraq under the mandate of the new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, and the participation of Peshmerga in battles against the militants of the Islamic State and the role of the European Union after the decisions taken by the Foreign Affairs Council on 16 August in addition to the prospects of development of bilateral relations. / End