Kurdistan merges Interior, Peshmerga ministries

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Ceremonies on Monday were held in Arbil city to mark the mergence of the ministries of interior and Peshmerga affairs in the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). “The delay in the mergence was due to the need for more time to rebuild confidence between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),” Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Negervan al-Barazani said in a speech before the Parliament today during a session that was attended by an IraqiNews.com news agency correspondent. The premier highlighted a new strategy based on good neighboring relations, which he said will help resolve pending issues with the central government in Baghdad. SS (P) 1