Meeting between President Nechirvan Barzani and Senator Lindsey Graham

ARK News… The President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, received the well-known US Senator Lindsey Graham and an accompanying delegation, including Mrs. Alina Romanovsky, the US ambassador to Iraq, General John Brennan, commander of the international coalition forces, and a number of diplomats and senior US officers.

During the meeting, they discussed the situation in Iraq and the political process in the country, the latest developments in the war on terrorism, Erbil-Baghdad relations and dialogue to solve problems between them, the situation in Syria, and the Kurdish issue in it.

The two sides stressed the importance of maintaining security and stability in the region and agreed that the threat of terrorism and the re-emergence of ISIS is a real threat to the security and stability of Iraq and Syria.

In addition to expressing the Kurdistan Region's thanks and gratitude for the US support and assistance to Iraq and the Kurdistan Region in the war against terrorism, President Nechirvan Barzani stressed that the key to stability and solving Iraq's problems is solving the problems of Erbil-Baghdad through dialogue and in accordance with the constitution.

The relations of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region with the neighboring countries and the countries of the region, the latest developments in the situation in the region in general, and a set of issues of common concern formed other axes of the meeting.

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