Senior Kurdish leaders on Sunday congratulated the Yezidi religious group on the occasion of the annual Gathering and Feast of Seven Days, a Yezidi holiday also known as Jamayi.

“I congratulate the Yezidi community in Kurdistan and the world on the occasion of Jamayi,” Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said in a statement.

“The Kurdistan Regional Government will always support the rights of the Yezidis and serve them, as well as all the components of Kurdistan.”

Moreover, Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani expressed the KRG’s “unwavering commitment to our Yezidi brothers and sisters, affirming that we will persist in advocating for their rights and aspirations.” 

“We emphasize that Kurdistan will continue to serve as a safe haven for harmonious coexistence among all its diverse religious and ethnic groups.”

Kurdistan Democratic Party President Masoud Barzani stated that the “wounds of our Yezidi sisters and brothers are the wounds of all of Kurdistan.”

“We share in their sorrows and joys. It is vital to remove all obstacles preventing the restoration of normal life, especially in Sinjar.”

In October 2020, Baghdad and Erbil signed the Sinjar Agreement with the aim to build a new administration and security structure that would allow displaced Yezidis to return from camps in the Kurdistan Region.

So far, the agreement has not been implemented yet.

Listen to Hana from Qahtaniyah, Ba’aj! Seven years after the defeat of Daesh, more than one million people still suffer from displacement in Iraq. Japan continues to support displaced Yezidi community. We helped empower 263 families through vocational training and business… pic.twitter.com/QE962Rcg7v

— Futoshi Matsumoto ???? (@JAPANAmbIRAQ) October 6, 2024

Japan’s Ambassador to Iraq Futoshi Matsumoto also said in a post on X that Japan continues to support the displaced Yezidi community. “We helped empower 263 families through vocational training and business scale-up support provided by the UN Development Program.”