Posting a congratulatory message on his Instagram account, Nechirvan Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Region, congratulated the people of Sanandaj and Sulaymaniyah on the two cities’ designation as UNESCO Creative Cities. Sanandaj and Sulaimaniyah were designated by UNESCO as the Creative City of Music and the Creative City of Literature respectively.
In his message, maintaining that Sulaimaniyah’s recognition as the Creative City of Literature is a great honor and privilege, Barzani said, “I would also like to congratulate the artists and people of Sanandaj on its designation as the Creative City of Music.”