Washington, DC, USA (us.gov.krd) – A delegation from the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs visited Washington DC in mid-June as part of an Iraqi security sector group participating in a National Defense University program.

The Peshmerga delegation is part of an Iraqi delegation that includes military and civilian officials from various ministries and security agencies. The seminar is hosted by the U.S. National Defense University’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA).

The Kurdistan Regional Government Representation in the United States welcomed them to the Representation’s office in Washington DC. The delegation briefed the KRG Mission on the latest security developments in Kurdistan and Iraq, the Peshmerga unification and reform, and coordination between Iraqi security forces and the peshmerga and the U.S. Kurdistan security partnership.

The NESA Center is the preeminent U.S. Department of Defense institution for promoting security cooperation with partner countries in the Near East and South Asia region.