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Representative Abdul Rahman visits US Department of Energy

Thursday 23 January 2020

Representative Abdul Rahman visited the US Department of Energy on January 23 to meet with Dr. Matthew Zais, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of International Affairs.

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Representative Abdul Rahman meets Senator Burr

Thursday 23 January 2020

Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman met Senator Richard Burr on January 23 for a wide-ranging discussion on recent political and security developments in Kurdistan and the rest of Iraq.

President Nechirvan Barzani and President Donald Trump discuss developments in Iraq and the region

Wednesday 22 January 2020

President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani and President of the United States Donald Trump held a meeting in which they discussed the situation in Iraq as well as Kurdistan Region's relations with the United States.

KRG-US sponsors Kurdish art exhibition at the Middle East Institute in Washington

Friday, December 6, 2019

Kurdistan Regional Government Representative to the United States Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman spoke at the launch of the art exhibition “Speaking Across Mountains: Kurdish Artists in Dialogue” at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

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Minister Dizayee ends a productive week in Washington with senior US Administration meetings

Friday, November 22, 2019

The Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Safeen Dizayee, rounded out a productive week in Washington with meetings with senior US officials at the White House and the departments of State, Energy, and Defense.

US Institute of Peace screens "One Yazidi Family vs ISIS"

Thursday, November 21, 2019

The US Institute of Peace hosted a screening of "One Yazidi Family vs ISIS", about a Yazidi family's story of survival in the face of genocide. The event was co-hosted by the KRG Representation in Washington and the Germany Embassy.