Washington, DC, USA (us.gov.krd) – Representative Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman on Tuesday, March 9, had a virtual meeting with Varuzhan Nersesyan, Armenia’s Ambassador to the United States.

In the meeting, they discussed the visit of Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Kurdistan Region and the opening of a consulate general in Erbil last month. 

They also discussed the historic bond between the people of Armenia and Kurdistan and the various opportunities for cooperation, both in the homeland and among the Kurdish and Armenian diaspora in the United States.

Kurdistan is proud to have about 120,000 ethnic Armenians among its population and six Armenian churches in Duhok, Erbil, and Kirkuk.