PM meeting with President Barzani: 17 September 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with President Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister welcomed President Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to Downing Street today.
皇冠体育app leaders agreed on the strength of the UK鈥檚 relationship, and our deep historic ties, with the Kurdish people and the whole of Iraq. 皇冠体育appy resolved to further deepen that relationship, particularly in areas such as trade and investment.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Barzani discussed the current situation in Afghanistan and both stressed the need to prevent any new terrorist threat emerging from the country.
皇冠体育appy also covered a number of regional issues, including Iran where the Prime Minister underlined the need for Iran to return to compliance with the JCPoA.
皇冠体育app Prime Minister welcomed steps that Iraq has taken to reduce carbon emissions and pledged the UK鈥檚 support to these endeavours in the run up to COP26.