Presidency of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

President Barzani Meets with US Treasury Official

2019-09-25T12:58:52.000000Z
International relations
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, 25 September 2019
President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani met with the United States Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing, Marshall Billingslea.
Erbil-Baghdad relations, foreign investment opportunities and developments in the energy and banking sectors in Kurdistan and Iraq were discussed in the meeting.
President Barzani and Mr. Billingslea also discussed ways to counter terror financing. They stressed that in order to completely eradicate ISIS extremist and terrorist ideologies, the financial resources of ISIS should be eliminated and their financial activities must be blocked.

U.S. Consul General in Erbil, Steven Fagin, attended the meeting.