The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, announced, on Tuesday 7 September, that over the summer the EU had expanded its CSDP advisory mission (EUAM Iraq) by opening a permanent presence in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan (see EUROPE B11884A3).
“Our team is ready to provide advice and expertise on civil security sector reforms to the Kurdish regional government”, he explained at a press conference with the region’s president,...