Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, met with Antti Pötkonen, Finland’s Ambassador to Iraq, and both sides stressed reactivating the Kurdistan Parliament as the first step toward forming the new government cabinet.
On Sunday, 11 October, Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region, received Antti Pötkonen, Finland’s Ambassador to Iraq.
The two sides stressed the importance of strengthening relations between the Kurdistan Region and Finland.
They also exchanged views on the need to reactivate the Kurdistan Parliament as the first step toward forming the new cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Resolving problems between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government, and the importance of respecting the region’s constitutional rights and financial demands—particularly the Kurdistan Region’s share of the general budget for 2027, based on 14 percent of the Kurdistan Region’s population, which is the official and confirmed result of the 2024 census—were another part of the discussions.
