Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Today, I instructed the Ministry of the Interior to close all weapons outlets and confiscate all illegal weapons so that they no longer pose a threat on people's lives. We will not sacrifice the security of our people and our country to evildoers, smugglers and opportunists. I call on the Kurdish people to hand over illegal weapons to ...
PM Masrour Barzani meets British Ambassador to Iraq
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Thursday met with the British Ambassador to Iraq, Mark Bryson-Richardson. Discussions in the meeting, which was also attended by David Hunt, the British Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, centered on the latest developments in Iraq and the development of relations between the Kurdistan Region and ...
PM Masrour Barzani meets US Consul General
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Wednesday met with Robert Palladino, the US Consul General in Erbil, ahead of the conclusion of his duties. Prime Minister Barzani thanked the Consul General for his work developing ties between the Kurdistan Region and the United States, and conveyed his best wishes to the Consul General in his future ...
PM Masrour Barzani offers condolences to King of Jordan
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday offered his condolences to H.M. King Abdullah of Jordan following the incident at Aqaba port which killed and injured a number of people. In the letter, Prime Minister Barzani offered his condolences to the families of those who died in the incident and wished the injured speedy recoveries. Th ...
Statement by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on recent terror attacks
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Like citizens across Kurdistan, I have been deeply troubled by the repeated terror attacks on our people and public infrastructure in recent months. The cowards behind the attacks have resorted to terror tactics because they have lost the court of public opinion in the rest of the country. Rather than focus on the future, and economic i ...
PM Masrour Barzani meets US military delegation
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (GOV.KRD) - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday met with a US military delegation led by Brigadier General Keith Phillips, senior military advisor to the US Embassy in Iraq, at the end of his deployment. Prime Minister Barzani expressed his gratitude for US support of the Peshmerga forces. He also wished the Brigadier General the best of luc ...