Renzi says Italy to open consulate in Iraqi Kurdistan

(ANSA) - Rome, March 2 - Premier Matteo Renzi said Monday that Italy will open a new consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, and expressed solidarity for Kurdish forces fighting ISIS Islamist extremists. "We'll open a consulate at Erbil and we'll insist on support and aid," Renzi said after meeting Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechervan Barzani at his office in Rome. "Because you win the challenge of terror every day, all together".