KRG Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met virtually with US Senators Jack Reed and Jim Inhofe, Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Wednesday, April 27.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with members of Congress this week to discuss the political and security situation in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq and highlight the US Kurdistan strategic partnership.
Duhok Governor Ali Tatar and Assyrian Member of Parliament Robeena Oimalek Aziz ended a productive week of meetings in Washington DC with members of Congress, US officials at the White House, State Department and USAID, and with institutions and advocacy groups.
The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States hosted a Newroz celebration to mark the Kurdish new year and the arrival of spring.
The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation met with several members and staff of the US Congress to discuss political negotiations on the formation of the next Iraqi government, rulings by the Iraqi federal court and the missile attack on the Kurdistan Region.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman had a productive meeting with Jacques Etienne, the Iraq Economic Chief at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, on March 24.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman and her team had a cordial meeting with the Barzani Charity Foundation's administrative board member Mr. Awat Mustafa on March 21.
KRG Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman and her team had a productive meeting with the American University of Kurdistan (AUK) delegation at the Kurdistan Regional Government Mission in Washington DC on March 21.
The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States hosted an online event on March 16 to mark the 34th anniversary of the genocide in Halabja in which 5,000 people were killed and 10,000 wounded by chemical weapons.
A delegation of American companies under the umbrella of the US Kurdistan Business Council met with Prime Minister Masrour Barzani and other high officials during a visit to Kurdistan from March 6 to 9.
The KRG Representation in the United States and the US Kurdistan Business Council (USKBC) have together arranged a trade delegation to visit Kurdistan Region next week.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with Nadine Maenza, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, on March 2.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman had a warm and cordial virtual meeting with Martin Manna, President of the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce, on February 8.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman had a cordial meeting with Russell Schiebel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, on February 7.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman had a warm and cordial meeting with Ms. Zehra Bell, Director for Iraq and Syria at the National Security Council, on January 26, 2022.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with Jennifer Gavito, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran and Iraq at the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the US State Department, on January 24, 2022.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met John Godfrey, Department of States' Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, on January 20, 2022.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with Greg Galligan, incoming Canadian Ambassador to Iraq, and Yves Duval, the top Canadian diplomat in the Kurdistan Region, on January 20.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with Matthew D. Steinhelfer, Department of States' Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO), on January 19, 2022.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with Robert Palladino, the US Consul General in Erbil, during his recent visit to Washington DC.
KRG Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman and Nadine Maenza, Chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, met last week to discuss the conditions of religious components in Kurdistan, Iraq and the wider region.
KRG Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with leading American business organizations last week to discuss trade and investment opportunities in the Kurdistan Region.
On December 20, 2021, Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman had a virtual meeting with Ms. Dana Stroul, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East at the US Department of Defense.
Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met with several members of Congress before the Christmas recess to discuss the political landscape following the Iraqi parliamentary elections and to highlight the US Kurdistan partnership in the enduring defeat of ISIS.
The Kurdish-American community and American friends attended a memorial ceremony on December 9 in honor of the late Dr. Najmaldin Karim, who passed away in October 2020.
The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation welcomed the United States Institute of Peace’s Middle East team to its office earlier this month to exchange views on Iraq’s post-election dynamics, humanitarian and security issues, as well as the KRG-USIP partnership.
