Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, (KRG.org) The Kurdistan Regional Government Council of Ministers has appointed the current KRG Representative to the United Kingdom, Ms. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, as the new KRG Representative to the United States of America.

Commenting on this decision, the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations, Minister Falah Mustafa said, “Based on the KRG’s policy to develop its foreign relations and under the recommendation of the President of the Kurdistan Region, Masoud Barzani, as well as the fact that this important post has been vacant for a period of time, Ms. Rahman has been appointed as the KRG’s new Representative to the United States of America.”

The Kurdistan Regional Government currently has 14 representation offices abroad.