Translated by : Aziz Emmanuel Zebari 

A delegation from the US Embassy in Iraq Headed by Ambassador Dr. James Knight assistant Chief of mission in Iraq visited yesterday Thursday 14/8/2012 Mr. Sakis Aghajan in his residential place in Ankawa.

He was accompanied by Paul Stuphin the US Consul General in Erbil and Stephen Gee the political /Economic Section Chief at the US Consulate in Erbil. 

The two sides discussed during the meeting the recent political developments in Iraq,   Kurdistan Region, and the region in general. 

Other numerous issues related to our Chaldean Syriac Assyrian (CSA) people in Iraq were discussed including the nationalist demands of our people for an autonomous region in the areas where they live now in Kurdistan Region and the establishment of a governorate in the Plain of Nineveh as well as the demographic change taking place in the Christian areas. Ways of halting those demographic changes at present were also discussed in addition to means of putting an end to them in future.

The visiting delegation was then seen off by Mr. Sarkis Aghajan with the same  courtesy and hospitality with which it was received.