What awaits Somaliland (even oil rich Kurdistan autonomous region) has been brought back to reality

[Cotton Eyed Joe]

Prior to the airport closure Erbil operated a different visa system than Baghdad, which fostered foreign investment in the Kurdish region and made it a flexible destination. After the closure, all flights were routed through Baghdad and the number of arrivals in the Kurdistan region declined from up to 50,000 a month to as few as 7,000 a month, according to reports.

 

[Mohsin]

Can someone explain what Jeegaan is?

It means rainbow flag. The gay community party in Somaliland which unites Habar Awal and Habar Jeclo

 

[Mohsin]

You are right but what I mean is getting partial recognition. What we have is de facto recognition which basically is a finer word for "rebels".

Getting partially recgonized would let us operate freer and less isolation. Full freedom is by AU or Somalia which you are correct about.

According to Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, the airports will come under the Federal Interior Ministry and be run in coordination with security forces in Baghdad.

BY SETH J. FRANTZMAN

MARCH 13, 2018 15:38

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issued an executive decree on Tuesday to allow international flights to land again in Erbil and Sulaimaniya, in the autonomous Kurdistan region. These would be the first flights since Baghdad ordered the two airports closed to international routes in September 2017 after the Kurdistan region held an independence referendum.

The order by Abadi was announced on Twitter by an account of the government of Iraq. It says the order to open the airports will be implemented within a week and will be in “compliance with the rules of Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority.”


According to Kurdish media outlet Rudaw, the airports will come under the Federal Interior Ministry and be run in coordination with security forces in Baghdad. This will include “biometric systems” linked to Baghdad.

Kurdistan Regional Government Interior Minister Karim Sinjari commended the decree.

“The reopening of the airports is a step in the right direction toward resolving impending issues between the region and Baghdad.”

It appears that the reopening came after a series of discussions between KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and Abadi’s administration. Barzani and KRG Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani met with Abadi at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.


Behind the scenes, several Western governments encouraged Baghdad to open the airports and sought a compromise between Erbil and Baghdad. Baghdad has said it wants federal control of all border crossings of the Kurdistan region.

Prior to the airport closure Erbil operated a different visa system than Baghdad, which fostered foreign investment in the Kurdish region and made it a flexible destination. After the closure, all flights were routed through Baghdad and the number of arrivals in the Kurdistan region declined from up to 50,000 a month to as few as 7,000 a month, according to reports.

Many Kurds in northern Iraq celebrated the news on Tuesday. But they are also waiting to see what the federal controls at the airport will mean and how it will operate.


http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iraq-will-reopen-Kurdistan-regions-airports-544965

Those people are smart.they know the reality. I was seppratest but now I know recognition never coming .only government leaders have benifits in somaliland. Millions of berbera deal are in hands of ex president silanyo