ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, became the third Turkish leader to express condolences to the loss of Dilovan Barzani, the brother of KRG Premier Nechirvan Barzani.
Dilovan Barzani, 51, died of a heart attack in Erbil on Monday.
Yildirim hoped it will be the last loss for the Barzani family and asked God to grant them patience.
Dilovan and Nechirvan Barzani were twins and sons of the late Idris Barzani. They were born on September 21, 1966, in Barzan, the ancestral home of the Barzani tribe.
PM Barzani thanked Yildirim for his call and condolences.
Dilovan Barzani was laid to rest in Barzan on Monday. Three days of national mourning and funerals in Pirmam followed.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed his condolences to the KRG premier on Wednesday in a telephone call.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the country’s foreign minister, shared his condolences with the Kurdistan Region PM on Tuesday.
Dilovan did not have a governmental post, but was a social figure, taking part in events and often representing Nechirvan.
Relations between Turkey and the KRG broke down following the Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum last September; however, Turkey never closed its land border with the Kurdistan Region.
Tensions have thawed in recent months, with KRG officials, including the PM, travelling through Turkey to western countries following the flight ban imposed by Baghdad.
Turkey has now reopened its airspace to flights from the Kurdistan Region following Iraq lifting the ban, but it says it will not allow flights from Sulaimani, citing security concerns.
Despite these improvements, the relationship remains strained following a number of incursions and lethal bombing raids inside the Kurdistan Region’s territory by Turkish forces pursuing Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters and bases.
Yildirim expressed his condolences and shared in his sadness and sorrows with PM Barzani and his family, according to a KRG statement.
Dilovan Barzani, 51, died of a heart attack in Erbil on Monday.
Yildirim hoped it will be the last loss for the Barzani family and asked God to grant them patience.
Dilovan and Nechirvan Barzani were twins and sons of the late Idris Barzani. They were born on September 21, 1966, in Barzan, the ancestral home of the Barzani tribe.
PM Barzani thanked Yildirim for his call and condolences.
Dilovan Barzani was laid to rest in Barzan on Monday. Three days of national mourning and funerals in Pirmam followed.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan conveyed his condolences to the KRG premier on Wednesday in a telephone call.
Mevlut Cavusoglu, the country’s foreign minister, shared his condolences with the Kurdistan Region PM on Tuesday.
Dilovan did not have a governmental post, but was a social figure, taking part in events and often representing Nechirvan.
Relations between Turkey and the KRG broke down following the Kurdistan Region’s independence referendum last September; however, Turkey never closed its land border with the Kurdistan Region.
Tensions have thawed in recent months, with KRG officials, including the PM, travelling through Turkey to western countries following the flight ban imposed by Baghdad.
Turkey has now reopened its airspace to flights from the Kurdistan Region following Iraq lifting the ban, but it says it will not allow flights from Sulaimani, citing security concerns.
Despite these improvements, the relationship remains strained following a number of incursions and lethal bombing raids inside the Kurdistan Region’s territory by Turkish forces pursuing Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters and bases.
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