NEWS CENTER – Biologists Jan Van Aken and Josef Savari, members of the International Doctors for the Prevention of Nuclear War, visited the Kurdistan Region to examine the chemical weapons used in the Kurdistan Region since the Halabja massacre.
Visiting the Kurdistan Region Parliament Office in Sulaymaniyah, the delegation met with the head of the office.
It was reported that the banned weapons used in the Kurdistan Region were discussed at the meeting.
At the press conference held after the meeting, Kurdistan Region Parliament Peshmerga and Public Security Committee member Osman Sêderi said, “We welcome the delegation from Europe to visit the Kurdistan Region and examine the chemical weapons used since the Halabja attack.”
Biologist Jan Aken, who has been researching chemical weapons for 25 years, said, “Last week we visited the Anfal monument in Çemçemal and Halabja. We also tried to reach the villages of Hirur and Kani Masi by visiting the town of Amiye.”
Aken said, “However, according to some reports we received, chemical weapons are used in that region. We also wanted to investigate and keep a report. We wanted to talk to Haci Abdullah, who was a victim of chemical weapons, but the Amêdiye district governor did not allow us and prevented us from doing research,” he added.
The European delegation called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to ask the United Nations to investigate the use of chemical weapons and to submit the report to the World Banned Weapons Organization on the investigation.
The delegation also asked the Kurdistan Regional Government to allow them to examine chemical weapons so that a massacre like Halabja would not be repeated.
