ISTANBUL \u2014 Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Dolmabahce Palace in Istanbul on Saturday, with talks covering bilateral relations, Iraq\u2019s government formation, regional security and the PKK disarmament process.<\/p>\n
The meeting was attended by senior Turkish officials including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, National Defense Minister Yasar Guler, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar and National Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalin.<\/p>\n
Barzani praised Erdogan and Turkey for their role in maintaining regional peace and stability, while Erdogan described President Masoud Barzani and the Kurdistan Region as \u201can important factor of peace and stability in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Iraq\u2019s political process, both sides expressed hope that the incoming federal government would \u201cpromote peace and stability in Iraq, serve all communities without discrimination, and resolve issues between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government on the basis of the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two also discussed the PKK disarmament process, with Barzani reiterating his support and Erdogan stressing the importance of seeing it through to completion.<\/p>\n
Full statement:<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Masrour Barzani today met with President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan at the Dolmabah\u00e7e Palace in Istanbul during his official visit to the Republic of T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n
During the meeting, which was attended by T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of National Defense Ya\u015far G\u00fcler, Minister of Energy Alparslan Bayraktar, and Director of the National Intelligence Organization \u0130brahim Kal\u0131n, they emphasized the importance of strengthening relations between T\u00fcrkiye and the Kurdistan Region across various sectors.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister praised the role of President Erdo\u011fan and T\u00fcrkiye in maintaining peace and stability in the region and reiterated the Kurdistan Region\u2019s desire to further promote bilateral cooperation and coordination.<\/p>\n
President Erdo\u011fan commended President Masoud Barzani and the Kurdistan Region as an important factor of peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n
In another part of the meeting, the efforts of the Iraqi political factions to form a new federal cabinet were discussed. Both sides hoped that the new federal cabinet will promote peace and stability in Iraq, serve all communities without discrimination, and resolve issues between the Kurdistan Region and the federal government on the basis of the Constitution.<\/p>\n
The peace process and the disarmament of the PKK were also discussed during the meeting. Prime Minister Barzani reiterated his support for the process, while President Erdo\u011fan stressed the importance of continuing the efforts to ensure its success and completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL \u2014 Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Dolmabahce Palace in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16467],"tags":[5651,21978,7241,29530,7101,1330,349,7098,8190,2046,735],"class_list":{"0":"post-64138","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-recep-tayyip-erdogan","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-barzani","10":"tag-erdogan","11":"tag-kurdistan","12":"tag-minister","13":"tag-peace","14":"tag-president","15":"tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan","16":"tag-region","17":"tag-stability","18":"tag-the"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116546253798207478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}