The President of the Kurdistan Region met with Germany’s new consul general, and during the meeting Nechirvan Barzani reiterated the Kurdistan Region’s thanks and appreciation for Germany’s continued cooperation and support.
On Tuesday morning, 6 October, Nechirvan Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region, received Kristian Ölfke, Germany’s new consul general in the Kurdistan Region, and an accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, the President of the Kurdistan Region congratulated Ölfke on taking up his duties and wished him success in his mission. He also expressed his readiness, and that of the relevant institutions of the Kurdistan Region, to cooperate and help him succeed in his mission.
He also reiterated the Kurdistan Region’s thanks and appreciation for Germany’s continued cooperation and support, particularly in the war against ISIS and in confronting terrorism, as well as for its political and humanitarian assistance to the Kurdistan Region.
For his part, the German consul general thanked the President of the Kurdistan Region and stressed his country’s desire to further strengthen relations and advance joint cooperation with the Kurdistan Region. He also highly valued the role of the President of the Kurdistan Region at the level of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq as a whole.
The latest developments in the situation in the region generally were another topic of the meeting.
