Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Barzani to visit Saudi
Politics, Region
(VOI) President of Iraq's Kurdistan region Massoud al-Barzani arrived in Riyadh on Monday evening on a several days visit to Saudi Arabia, during which he will meet with King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. The Kurdish official will tackle bilateral ties, security and political developments in Iraq during his visit with Saudi officials, as a follow-up to the security conference held in Baghdad on Sauturday.
The visit is the first by Barazani in his capacity as Kurdistan region president since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003. He had visited Saudi Arabia in late 1990s as leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). "Barazani is accompanied by a high-level Kurdish delegation," head of the Kurdistan presidency office Dr. Fouad Hussein told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI) on Monday. Hussein said "the visit takes place upon an official invitation to Iraqi Kurdistan region president from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia. "Barazani is scheduled during the several days visit to meet the Saudi monarch to discuss Kurdish relations with the Saudi people and the political and security scenes in Iraq in general," said Hussein.
Labels: King Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz, Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, Saudi Arabia
