PM Barzani's delegation attends World Economic Forum in Turkey
05/06/2012 15:26
ERBIL, June 5 (AKnews) - A Kurdish delegation headed by the Kurdistan Region's Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani will attend the World Economic Forum in Turkey today.
The delegation includes Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, Minister of Planning Ali Sindi and head of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) foreign relations office Falah Mustafa.
The Kurdish delegation arrived in Istanbul yesterday and met with Turkish Prime minister Receb Taib Erdogan, according to a KRG statement.
In the meeting both sides discussed Kurdish-Turkish relations in all fields and ways to enhance cooperation through energy, trade and the economy.
The officials also talked about Kurdish and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) issues and shed light on political uncertainties in Iraq.
By Hemn Hadi
DM/AKnews
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