Strategic agreement between Kurdistan, U.N. next week – source

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Kurdistan region’s coordinator for U.N. affairs said on Tuesday that a strategic agreement will be signed between the Kurdish government and the U.N. for cooperation in a number of services fields. “A delegation from the U.N. headed by Deputy Secretary General David Sherrar will arrive in Arbil next week to sign a strategic agreement with the Kurdish government,” Dindar Zebari told IraqiNews.com. “The agreement aims to help the region in heath, agriculture and education fields in three years between 2008 until 2010,” he added. “The agreement is an important step to boost relations between Iraq’s Kurdistan region and the U.N.,” he also said, noting that Deputy Prime Minister of Kurdistan Omar Fatah will sign the agreement with the U.N. delegation. “The U.N. had signed a similar agreement with the Iraqi government last month,” Zebari highlighted. SH (P) 1