The Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Baghdad on Tuesday. The two sides discussed pending issues between the Kurdistan Region and the Federal Government, while signing a deal on the resumption of the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports through Turkey’s Ceyhan port. This represents a temporary agreement until t ...
![](/media/18456/photo_5_2023-02-22_16-08-39-1400.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1200&height=630&rnd=133433190660000000)
PM Masrour Barzani heads to Baghdad
Erbil, Kurdistan Region - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani have headed to Baghdad on Tuesday. Prime Minister Barzani will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The two sides will discuss pending issues between the Kurdistan Region and the Federal Government, especially the final stages of an agreement focusing on oil disputes and resumption of the Kurdistan Reg ...
![](/media/19099/img_20230328_193641_665.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1200&height=630&rnd=133433190700000000)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani receives a letter from German FM Annalena Baerbock
Erbil, Kurdistan Region - Prime Minister Masrour Barzani receives a letter from German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock. In the letter, German FM Annalena Baerbock thanked the Kurdistani people for their warm hospitality during her recent visit to the Kurdistan Region earlier this month and emphasized Germany’s continued support for the Kurdistan Region. “I’m pleased to he ...
![](/media/18491/49f1a680-ded1-4655-b05c-10cfa1a10f94.jpeg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1200&height=630&rnd=133433190240000000)
Statement by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on the passage of the KRG Labour Law
I thank the Kurdistan Parliament for passaging the Kurdistan Region Labour Law today. I also appreciate the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and all other relevant KRG entities contribution to this important law. I congratulate Kurdistani workers on this critical milestone. The law provides legal protections for all workers, particularly the rights of women workers. The la ...
![](/media/18574/f0bac751-889e-4672-a496-7b04828d9a4b.jpeg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1200&height=630&rnd=133433190670000000)
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani receives UK Minister of State for the Middle East
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Wednesday received Lord Tariq Ahmad, the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and United Nation. In the meeting, which was also attended by the UK Ambassador to Iraq Mark Bryson-Richardson and Consul General Rosy Cave, Lord Ahmad highlighted the important role of Kurdistan in the region and reaffirm ...
![](/media/18543/whatsapp-image-2023-02-28-at-202813.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1200&height=630&rnd=133433190670000000)
Statement by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on first digital payments of public sector salaries
Today marks the soft launch of "My Account" initiative, a financial inclusion program for public sector employees, pensioners and security forces. In the coming days, we will pilot this initiative by paying salaries to nearly 850 employees of Erbil's Children and Maternity Hospital using electronic transfers to new digitally enabled bank accounts. Over the coming months, we wil ...