{"id":98509,"date":"2026-05-05T09:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/98509\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T09:36:08","slug":"president-barzani-uk-envoy-push-coordination-on-iraq-government-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/98509\/","title":{"rendered":"President Barzani, UK Envoy push coordination on Iraq government formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-05-05T08:51:17+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Baghdad<\/p>\n<p>Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan<br \/>\nBarzani and British Ambassador to Iraq Irfan Siddiq on Tuesday stressed the<br \/>\nneed for closer coordination among Iraqi political forces to advance government<br \/>\nformation and stabilize the political process.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting in Baghdad, the two<br \/>\nsides reviewed efforts to form a new federal government, as well as Barzani\u2019s<br \/>\nrecent talks with Iraqi leaders and the broader trajectory of the country\u2019s<br \/>\npolitical process. Discussions also covered internal developments in the<br \/>\nKurdistan Region and the wider regional situation, including the impact of<br \/>\nongoing tensions.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ckb\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0633\u06d5\u0631\u06c6\u06a9 \u0646\u06ce\u0686\u06cc\u0631\u06a4\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0631\u0632\u0627\u0646\u06cc \u0648 \u0628\u0627\u06b5\u06cc\u06c6\u0632\u06cc \u0628\u06d5\u0631\u06cc\u062a\u0627\u0646\u06cc\u0627 \u062f\u06c6\u062e\u0649 \u0639\u06ce\u0631\u0627\u0642 \u062a\u0627\u0648\u062a\u0648\u06ce \u062f\u0647\u200c\u0643\u0647\u200c\u0646<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iZ9csKIVXN\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/iZ9csKIVXN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1BduREpzyw\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/1BduREpzyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurdistan Region Presidency (@KurdistanRegion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurdistanRegion\/status\/2051574540073881893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 5, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Siddiq underlined the United<br \/>\nKingdom\u2019s commitment to maintaining strong relations with Iraq and the<br \/>\nKurdistan Region and continuing its support, while Barzani expressed<br \/>\nappreciation for that backing.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting comes as Barzani<br \/>\ncontinues a two-day visit to Baghdad, where he has held talks with caretaker<br \/>\nPrime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi,<br \/>\nand other <a href=\"https:\/\/shafaq.com\/en\/Iraq\/President-Barzani-backs-Christian-cabinet-role-in-Baghdad-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">political figures<\/a> on key issues including government formation and<br \/>\nrelations between Baghdad and Erbil.<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-05T08:51:17+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1711,94,34485,3377,3649,811,34484,21304],"class_list":{"0":"post-98509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-baghdad","9":"tag-iraq","10":"tag-irfan-siddiq","11":"tag-nechirvan-barzani","12":"tag-president-barzani","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-uk-envoy-push-coordination-on-iraq-government-formation","15":"tag-visit"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116521296365292298","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}