UN official meets Kirkuk governor, council members

KIRKUK / IraqiNews.com: Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura on Tuesday met with Kirkuk governor and several provincial council members. “De Mistura met with Governor Abdelrahman Mostafa; the head of the provincial council, Razkar Ali; and council members from different ethnicities,” according to a correspondent for IraqiNews.com. Kirkuk, 250 km (156 miles) north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, sits on the ruins of a 5,000-year-old settlement. Because of the strategic geographical location of the city, Kirkuk was the battle ground for three empires, Assyria, Babylonia and Media which controlled the city at various times. SS (P) 1