The Department of Media and Information announced that a high-level federal government delegation, headed by Mohsen Mandalawi, is visiting the Kurdistan Region and will be received in the city of Zakho by Masrour Barzani, the prime minister, in order to meet with the Region’s negotiating team regarding common issues.
Today, Sunday 25 of October 2026, the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Department of Media and Information issued a statement: A high-level federal government delegation, headed by Mohsen Mandalawi, the federal deputy prime minister for energy affairs, and including Basim Mohammed, the minister of oil, and Ali Saad, the minister of electricity, is visiting the Kurdistan Region. Their accompanying delegation also includes the head of the Advisory Board, the deputy minister of finance, the deputy minister of oil and several other senior officials.
The statement said that this high-level federal government delegation will be received in the city of Zakho by Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
The Department of Media and Information also indicated that the delegation will later meet in Baghdad with the Kurdistan Regional Government’s negotiating delegation, comprising: Mohammed Kamal, acting minister of natural resources; Dr. Omed Sabah, head of the Cabinet Council’s Diwan; Dr. Abdulhakim Khasraw, head of the Department of Coordination and Follow-up; Ahmed Mufti, deputy minister of natural resources; and several senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, with the aim of achieving greater coordination and reaching a better understanding regarding the common issues between the two governments.
