Kurdish parliamentarian denied visa

The Australian embassy in Paris has refused a visa to the deputy speaker of the Kurdistan Parliament in exile to attend a conference at Deakin University in Melbourne. According to a December 1 statement by the Kurdistan Parliament, efforts to find out why produced "some bureaucratic gobbledegook" to the effect that his presence in Australia might prejudice Australia's relations with a foreign country.

Since its formation in April 1995, the parliament has met in Vienna, Moscow, Copenhagen, Rome and Oslo.

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