Hawrami participates the CUD’s congress

By official invitation from Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Party, Hemin Hawrami participated at their congress held in the southern city of Karlsruhe.

During the congress, Mr Hawrami, head of Kurdistan Democratic Party’s Foreign Relations Office met with a number of international delegates and members of parliament to discuss the latest political and military developments in the Kurdistan region.

He conveyed the appreciation on behalf of the KDP’s leadership for European support on issues such as the ongoing battle against the so-called Islamic State (IS), and conversed on ways to enhance bilateral relations.

The KDP is only the Kurdish delegation among the participants.

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Germany. It is the major catch-all party of the centre-right in German politics. Along with its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union in Bavaria (CSU), the CDU forms the CDU/CSU grouping, also known as the Union, in the Bundestag.

The leader of the party, Angela Merkel, is the current Chancellor of Germany. The CDU is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and sits in the EPP Group in the European Parliament.

The “Christlich-Demokratische Union” was established in Berlin on 26 June 1945,and in Rheinland and Westfalen in September of the same year