On December 2, 2022 we hosted in headquarters of KRG Representation in Poland a group of high-school students from Warsaw. The meeting start with a speech given by Maciej Legutko- head of the office of KRG Representative in Poland- about the history of KRG office and areas of its activity.
On November 25, 2022 in District Museum in Bydgoszcz was held a solemn opening of the biggest exhibition of modern Kurdish art in the world: “Kurdistan. Images of Existence”.
On May 30 and June 2 in the Małopolska Garden of Art were held screenings of the Kurdish documentary “Laboratory no 2” within the frame of Krakow Film Festiwal. The documentary by Aware Omer and Idris Abdi took part in short film competition.
The president of UMCS University in Lublin professor Radosław Dobrowolski hosted at the university president of Nawroz University professor Abdulwahab Khalid Mosa who was accompanied by KRG representative in Poland Ziyad Raoof.
KRG Representative in Poland took part in the opening session of 11th edition of the UN World Urban Forum. The event lasted from 26 to 30 June was attended by more than 20,000 delegates from all over the world: presidents, heads of international organizations, ministers, presidents of cities, scientists and urban activists.
On May 19, the opening panel of the International Asian Congress was held. KRG Representative in Poland Ziyad Raoof was one of the panelist along with important guests: deputy marshal of Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeship, mayor of Toruń, representatives of Polish ministry of foreign affairs and ministry of education and diplomatic corps: ambassadors of Thailand, Malaysia, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Azerbaijan, and Indonesia, first secretary of Iraqi Embassy, consuls of India, Kazakhstan and Palestine. Among representatives of diplomatic corps ambassador of Thailand- honorary guest of this edition- took the floor as first.
On April 25, 2022, the Representative of Kurdistan Regional Government in Poland attended European Economic Congress in Katowice. Opening speech at the event was given by PM of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, in the first panel took part politicians and experts from Poland, Great Britain, Ukraine and Slovakia.
KRG Representative in Poland Ziyad Raoof met with Commissioner for Human Rights prof. Marcin Wiącek and Deputy Commissioner dr Hanna Machińska. The issues of human rights protection related to the migration crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, as well as the ways of delivering humanitarian aid for people in detention centers and in border areas were discussed. Kurds are currently the largest group of foreigners in detention centers at the territory of Poland.
On November 6 KRG Representation in Poland organized meeting for new Kurdish students in Poland and for representatives of Kurdish diaspora in Poland. Kurds living and studying in various parts of Poland had a chance to get to know each other or to maintain contacts.
KRG Representative in Poland Ziyad Raoof met in the ministry of foreign affairs with Head of the Department of Africa and Middle East- Patrycja Özcan- Karolewska and Deputy Head of Department of Consular Affairs- Beata Brzywczy.