Presidency of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

President Nechirvan Barzani and Iraq’s Parliament Speaker discuss latest developments

2020-06-20T15:09:58.000000Z
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Baghdad, Iraq, June 20, 2020

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani met with the Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, Mohamed al-Halbousi on Saturday.

At the meeting, also attended by Kurdistan Region Vice Presidents, the pending issues between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region were highlighted as well as the economic crises in Iraq, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the containment efforts.

The two sides also reiterated the importance of cooperation and coordination among all sides in order to overcome the current crises facing the country and also finding solutions to the pending issues between Erbil and Baghdad in accordance with the constitution of Iraq.