Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 17, 2021 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Kotaro Suzuki, the Ambassador of Japan to Iraq, accompanied by the outgoing Head of the Consular Office of Japan, Ms. Nagayama Yoshiko. Topics of discussion included Japan’s support and aid to Iraq....

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 9, 2021 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Tristan Azbej, Hungary’s State Secretary for the Aid of Persecuted Christians. President Nechirvan Barzani expressed the Kurdistan Region’s gratitude for Hungary’s military and humanitarian assistance to the refugees and the internally displaced....

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 7, 2021 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received His Holiness Pope Francis, the Head of the Catholic Church, at the Erbil International Airport on Sunday morning. As His Holiness descended the stairs to the tarmac at Erbil International Airport, Pope Francis....

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, February 24, 2021 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received the United States’ Ambassador to Iraq, Mr. Matthew Tueller in Erbil today. Discussions focused on the latest security and political developments in Iraq, the recent attacks on Erbil, Balad and Baghdad, and the....

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, February 24, 2021 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Mr. Artak Apitonian, accompanied by Armenia’s Consul General in Erbil, Mr. Arshak Manoukian. President Nechirvan Barzani welcomed the opening of Armenia’s Embassy in Baghdad and....

Erbil, Kurdistan Region, February 22, 2021 Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Iraq, Mr. Michel Rentenaar, accompanied by the Netherlands’ General Consul in Erbil, Mr. Hans Akerboom. Discussions focused on the bilateral relations of Iraq and the Kurdistan Region....