Christmas Eve: Officials in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq emphasized the importance of peaceful coexistence and tolerance between the Region’s different ethnic and religious components. The Kurdistan Region is home to one of the Middle East’s largest Christian communities.
“The Kurdistan Region will remain a cradle of peaceful coexistence, tolerance and solidarity among all religious and ethnic communities,” President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani said in a statement on Saturday. “Together with our Christian sisters and brothers and all other communities, we work to build a brighter future for our children and for a country where the rights and freedoms of all citizens of all faiths and nationalities are safeguarded.”
Source RUDAW