Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) - Today, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received Simon Minks, the Netherlands’ National Coordinating Advocate-General for counter-terrorism, extremism, and international crimes. The Prime Minister thanked Mr Minks for the decades of work he has done on genocide and terrorism cases, some of which involved Saddam Hussein’s use of chemical weapon ...

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani Receives Ambassador Sam Brownback
Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) – Today, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received former US Senator and Governor of Kansas, Ambassador Sam Brownback, along with a delegation of American friends of the Kurdistan Region who visited to take part in the Kurdistan National Prayer Breakfast. Ambassador Brownback praised the Kurdistan Region’s culture of peaceful coexistence, religi ...

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani Receives French Foreign Minister
Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) – Today, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France. Minister Barrot expressed his pleasure at visiting Erbil and reaffirmed the strong friendship between France and the Kurdistan Region, describing the Kurdistan Region as an important pillar of security and stability in the Midd ...

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani’s Speech at the Kurdistan National Prayer Breakfast
Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) - Today, the first Kurdistan National Prayer Breakfast event was held in Erbil, capital of the Kurdistan Region. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivered the following speech: Ladies and gentlemen, faith leaders, honorable colleagues from parliament and government, distinguished members of the diplomatic corps, esteemed guests, Good morning an ...

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani Receives Patriarch of the Eastern Church
Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) – Today, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received Patriarch Mar Gewargis III Younan of the Eastern Church. Patriarch Younan praised the peaceful coexistence in the Kurdistan Region and expressed his delight at participating in Kurdistan National Prayer Breakfast, which honors and celebrates the Kurdistan Region’s example of interfaith and inter ...

Prime Minister Masrour Barzani Receives Delegation from the Republic of Cyprus
Erbil, Kurdistan Region (GOV.KRD) – Today, Prime Minister Masrour Barzani received a delegation from the Republic of Cyprus led by Salina Shambos, Political Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cyprus’s Special Envoy for the Protection of Religious Communities in the Middle East. The newly appointed Cypriot Ambassador to Iraq, Sevag Avedissian, also attended the mee ...