KURDISH officials are continuing to raise concerns over the whereabouts of three representatives more than three weeks after they disappeared on their way to meet an international peace delegation in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Democratic Union Party (PYD) official Mistefa Osman Xelil, Autonomous Administration of North & East Syria (AANES) representative Cihad Hesen and PYD member Mistefa Eziz Miste were detained as they arrived at Erbil airport on June 10.

Forces allied to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the senior party in the regional government, are believed to have taken the trio into custody, and concerns have been raised over their safety and whereabouts.