Baghdad, Iraq (KRG.org) – Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, yesterday in the Iraqi capital met Bernard Kouchner, France’s recently appointed foreign minister. President Barzani welcomed Minister Kouchner as a long-time friend of the Kurdish and Iraqi people who had always spoken out against Saddam Hussein’s genocidal regime.
Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (KRG.org) - Jean-François Girault, France’s ambassador to Iraq, last week during his visit to the Kurdistan Region said that his country hopes to open an embassy office in Erbil.