Kurdistan flag is symbol of ethnic, religious coexistence, says PM Barzani on flag day
Prime Minister Barzani along with several KRG ministers attended the ceremony to commemorate Kurdistan flag day held at the headquarters of the Zeravani Peshmerga forces in Erbil on Thursday.
“The Kurdistan flag is a symbol of ethnic and religious coexistence of all the people of the Kurdistan Region,” Prime Minister Barzani said in a speech after the Kurdistan flag was raised by a group of Peshmerga forces in the ceremony.
“It is also a symbol for all those freedom seekers who take refuge in Kurdistan,” Barzani added, underlining that the Kurdistan Region is known as the land of “coexistence, peace, and freedom.”
In 2009, the Kurdistan Parliament set Dec. 17 of every year as the commemoration day of the Kurdistan flag. The day also marked the first time the Kurdish flag was raised in the Republic of Kurdistan in 1946 in Iranian Kurdistan (Rojhilat).
“Under the leadership and presidency of President [Masoud] Barzani, the Kurdistan flag was raised in the palaces and capitals of countries around the world,” the prime minister stated, recalling that Qazi Mohammad, president of the Kurdistan Republic, handed the flag to the late general Mustafa Barzani as he protected and raised it on the mountains of Kurdistan.
The people of the Kurdistan Region celebrate the day by wearing Kurdish clothes and raising the flag in workplaces, educational institutions, and government offices.
However, due to the coronavirus restrictions, activities to mark the occasion are limited this year.
Editing by Karzan Sulaivany
