On Friday, April 5, 2019, President Masoud Barzani arrived in Jordan to participate in the World Economic Forum on the Dead Sea.
Barzani heads a high-level delegation from the Kurdistan Region to the forum at the official invitation of Jordan's King Abdullah II. The brother of the King of Jordan and his political adviser, Faisal bin Al Hussein, the third person in the royal family, welcomed President Barzani and his delegation at the Airport.
The flag of Kurdistan was raised in the Royal Wing at Queen Alia International Airport to welcome Barzani.
Barzani, headed the delagation from Kurdistan Region includes the secretary of the Political Bureau of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, Fadel Mirani, the external relations official in the Kurdistan Regional Government, Falah Mustafa and adviser to President Barzani, Omid Sabah, and economic adviser Barzani, Sorour Baidawi.
"We came to Jordan with President Barzani to participate in the World Economic Forum at the invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah II," Fadhel Mirani told the media. "Barzani's relations with His Majesty the King embody the Kurds' relations with Iraq's neighbors, The mission that had good relations with the Kurdistan Region and we will pursue these relations forward in the future. "
During the visit, President Barzani will hold a meeting with King Abdullah II at the Jordanian Royal Palace, where an official ceremony will be held to discuss the strong bilateral relations between the two sides in political and economic terms, in addition to a series of meetings with a number of officials of other countries. The opening session of the forum, which begins tomorrow in the Aqaba region and lasts for two days.
The 10th edition of the World Economic Forum will be held under the title "Building New Systems of Cooperation" at the Dead Sea between April 6 and 7, and within the framework of four main themes under the concept of global economic developments and the search for a new economic model in line with global economic trends. , Especially in the field of multiple concepts on the liberalization of trade and its role, and the emergence of policies of resistance to openness and economic liberalization unconditional, and will discuss the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the requirements of adaptation to its components with the participation of about 1000 personalities from 50 countries around the world.