The President of the Kurdistan Region received the United Kingdom’s national security adviser and an accompanying delegation, and discussed military cooperation, relations between Erbil and Baghdad, and efforts to form the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
On Monday morning, 19 October 2026, Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, received Jonathan Powell, the United Kingdom’s national security adviser, and an accompanying delegation.
At a meeting attended by Irfan Siddiq, the British ambassador to Iraq, Britain’s relations with Iraq and the Kurdistan Region—particularly in the security and military fields—and their joint cooperation in confronting terrorism and safeguarding peace and stability in Iraq and the region were discussed.
The internal situation in the Kurdistan Region and efforts to form the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, relations between Erbil and Baghdad, the latest political and security developments in the region generally, along with diplomatic efforts to ease tensions, were another topic of the meeting, which was attended by the British consul general in the Kurdistan Region.
