Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) – Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met the Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad.

They discussed strengthening relations between the Kurdistan Regional Government and the Federal Government of Iraq through coordination and cooperation and exerting further effort to settle the remaining issues within the framework of the Constitution of Iraq.

Prime Minister Barzani thanked Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi for his continual efforts to improve the federal government's relations with the Kurdistan Regional Government and reiterated that the KRG will continue dialogue toward resolving all outstanding issues.

Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq for Economic Affairs and Minister of Finance, Fuad Hussein, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy and Minister of Oil Thamir Ghadhban, Iraq's National Security Advisor Falih al-Fayyadh, and KRG Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari also attended the meeting.

The security situation and the political process in Iraq and the latest developments in the wider region were also discussed.