President Barzani Receives UK Ambassador to Discuss Politics, Pandemic, Security
ARK News.. The president of ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani, received on Monday a British diplomatic delegation led by Stephen Hickey, the UK ambassador to Iraq.
Barzani and Hickey exchanged views on the challenges faced by the world with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. They also discussed the economic repercussions of the pandemic in Kurdistan, Iraq, and around the world, according to the readout of the meeting.
They also spoke of the political situation in Iraq as well as the Erbil-Baghdad relations especially about the agreement between the two is concerned. President Barzani reiterated his optimism about the future of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.
President Barzani and Ambassador Hickey also spoke of the ongoing threat posed by the terrorists of the Islamic State and made reference to the recent attack by the terrorists in the villages of Dara and Mekhas in Khanaqin area, along the Iraq-Iran border, which resulted in the killing of several Kakai civilians, the readout added.
Source: BasNews
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