Barzani, Greek Ambassador Discuss Kurdish Diaspora in Greece

Kurdish leader and the president of ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani, received the Greek Ambassador to Iraq Leonidas Kontovounesios on Sunday in Erbil. 

During the meeting, according to a readout, ambassador Kontovounesios praised Barzani for his leadership throughout the challenges faced by the region in the past few decades.

He also commended the Peshmerga forces of Kurdistan for playing a key role in the war against the Islamic State (IS) after 2014.

 

Discussing the large Kurdish diaspora in Greece as a strong cultural tie between the two nations, Barzani and Kontovounesios welcomed the efforts to further develop the relations between Erbil and Athens in every area of potential cooperation.