On March 16th,
2025, British Consul General in Erbil, Andrew Bizley visited the head office of
Metro Center in Sulaimani.
Metro’s Coordinator warmly welcomed the Consul and the
Consulate team and thanked Andrew Bizley for meeting with Metro for the second
time since his assumption of office in the Kurdistan Region.
The meeting was an opportunity for a useful and constructive
discussion on the environment of journalism in the Kurdistan Region and the
opportunities and obstacles facing press freedom.
The British Consul General in Erbil, Andrew Bizley,
expressed his pleasure for the fruitful discussions with Metro’s team and hoped
that Metro and the Alliance 19 Network would continue to monitor freedom of
expression and the press with a view to expanding them.