Barzani: We have strong and historical relations with Iran

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, “Nachirvan Barzani”, the head of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, at 3 this afternoon, Friday, June 25 of this month (June 14, 2024) in the city of Erbil, he welcomed Ali Bagheri, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, and his accompanying delegation, and in a meeting about the importance of relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, based on good neighborliness. and emphasized common interests; Also, both sides; They demanded to strengthen the relations between each other, especially in the business and trade areas.

In another part of this meeting, “Ali Bagheri” from the officials of the Kurdistan region for cooperation and facilitating the journey of Iranian pilgrims who pass through the official borders of the region. Kurdistan travel to holy places in southern Iraq; He thanked and appreciated again.

In the continuation of this meeting, “Nichirvan Barzani” thanked Iran for its cooperation and support to Iraq and the Kurdistan region and emphasized the continuation of good and valuable relations between the two sides.

Barzani also considered Iran as an important country and neighbor and in this regard he pointed to the strong and historical relations between the two sides. Another focus of this meeting was that a number of officials of the Kurdistan region, including; “Riber Ahmad”, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Kurdistan Region, “Fawzi Hariri”, the head of the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region, “Safin Dezeyi”, the head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Kurdistan Region, “Falah Mustafa”, the assistant to the head of the Kurdistan Region, “Omid Khoshnav”, the governor of Erbil, Abdullah Akreei, adviser to the president of the Kurdistan region on Iranian affairs, Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadegh, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Baghdad, and Asadullah Razani, the consul general of Iran in Erbil, were present.

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