Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Meet in Erbil

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Erbil to discuss the bilateral ties between Erbil and Moscow.

"I’m pleased to have welcomed Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov to Erbil. We had productive talks on bilateral ties, developments in the wider region and other pressing issues," the Kurdish president said in a statement on his Twitter account.

Lavrov arrived in Erbil on Monday evening, after which, he held separate meetings with Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and Kurdish leader and President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), Masoud Barzani.