Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani received the US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, Brett McGurk, and his accompanying delegation.

Discussing the Kurdistan independence referendum, planned to be held on 25 September, the two sides stressed that all the outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad should be settled through serious dialogue and mutual understanding.

They also discussed the latest development in the fight against the Islamic State terrorist group, ISIS, in Iraq and Syria and the possibilities for the displaced persons to return to their places of origin that have been liberated from ISIS.