First Chinese Film Week in Iraq's Kurdistan region kicks off

SULAYMANIYAH, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The first Chinese Film Week in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region kicked off Tuesday in Sulaymaniyah city, with nearly 100 representatives attending the opening ceremony.

Liu Jun, Chinese consul general in Erbil, said in his opening speech that the Chinese Film Week signified not only the deepening of cultural exchanges between China and Iraq, but also the enrichment of the strategic partnership between the two sides.