Kurdistan PM, Dutch Counterpart Discuss Bolstering Economic Ties

On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Kurdistan Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and his Dutch counterpart, Mark Rutte, met to discuss a range of issues pertaining to the prospects for Erbil-Amsterdam bilateral ties.

PM Barzani commended the government of the Netherlands for its support for the Peshmerga reforms program, as well as Dutch support for the Kurdistan Region in the fight against the Islamic State (IS).

Barzani and Rutte also spoke of ways to strengthen economic and business ties between the Kurdistan Region and the Netherlands.

The Kurdish leader invited Dutch companies to invest in Kurdistan, as the KRG continues with its plans to modernise the region's economy.

Acknowledging the KRG's reform mission, Prime Minister Rutte passed on Dutch companies' enthusiasm for investing in multiple sectors of the Kurdistan Region's economy.