ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A senior Kurdistan Region official on Thursday urged the United Kingdom to accept Erbil’s “end-user certificates” to activate an anti-drone defense system that was delivered by a British company, stressing that the technology “could save lives.”
Earlier in the day, the UK, through its ambassador to Iraq, “strongly condemned the attack on the Khor Mor gas field,” warning that “attacks on vital infrastructure threaten Iraq’s stability and the safety of its people.”
In a post on X, British Ambassador Irfan Siddiq said the United Kingdom “stands with its Iraqi partners and supports efforts to protect critical facilities,” calling for those responsible to be held accountable.
Responding to Siddiq’s remarks on X, Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Kurdistan Region’s Prime Minister, thanked the ambassador, saying, “We value the KRG-UK partnership and appreciate your sympathy.”
Ahmad emphasized that “the UK could help” indeed, explaining that a British company has delivered an anti-drone system to the Khor Mor field that “is entirely defensive and jams incoming drones.” However, he noted that the system “isn’t working because the UK government won’t accept KRG-issued end-user certificates, and Baghdad refuses to issue one.”
“This technology could save lives,” he asserted, urging a solution to “break this impasse.”
Thank you, Ambassador Siddiq. We value the KRG-UK partnership and appreciate your sympathy.
The UK could help. A British company has delivered an anti-drone system in Khor Mor — it's entirely defensive and jams incoming drones.
Yet the system isn’t working because the UK… https://t.co/B0hvTX3r0P