The minister did not mention who would be allowed through the border, or on what day it would be reopened. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is yet to announce whether it will be allowing traffic through on its side.
Ankara confirmed the first case of the novel coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...in
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
on March 11 but closed its border for passengers and vehicles traffic with the Kurdistan Region on March 1, when the virus was initially identified in the Region.
However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
"contactless" trade between Ankara and Erbil has continued, where containers, trailers and drivers have been exchanged at the buffer zone between the
"I bring you good tidings today," said
Gurbulak is the most important border crossing between Turkey and Iran.
Ibrahim Khalil is the only border crossing between Turkey and the Kurdistan Region used for trade. Another crossing near Barzan, used for non-commercial traffic, has been closed due to the pandemic.
Baghdad also relies on Ibrahim Khalil for trade with Turkey. The trade between both countries amounts to around $10 billion, and both Turkey and Iraq have expressed readiness to double it.
The decision to reopen comes amid a dramatic decrease of coronavirus cases in Turkey as it steps towards a "new normal" as termed by
Meanwhile,
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Take that, Ike!he yelled......
Iraq recorded its highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths recorded in a single day since the onset of the pandemic, confirming 8,168 cases and 256 deaths so far. Of this, 851 cases and 14 deaths have been recorded in the Kurdistan Region.
Ankara has recorded 166,422 cases of COVID-19 and 4,609 deaths so far, according to data shared by the