Erdoğan receives KRG head Nechirvan Barzani to discuss regional issue in a closed-door meeting

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Nechirvan Barzani, the leader of Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), in the capital Ankara on Friday.

Erdoğan hosted the visiting official at the presidential complex in a closed-door meeting for over an hour.

Ahead of his meeting with Erdoğan, Barzani met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

Prior to his arrival in Ankara, Barzani met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Baghdad and held a round of meetings with Iraqi leaders there, including Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi.