Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (cabinet.gov.krd) - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani, yesterday received Croatia's Ambassador to Iraq, Ambassador Jerko Vukas and his accompanying delegation.

Ambassador Vukas expressed his appreciation for the victories achieved by Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces on the battlefield against terrorism.

He expressed his country's desire to open its diplomatic mission in the Kurdistan Region and develop diplomatic, economic, commercial and cultural relations with the Kurdistan Region.

In this regard, Ambassador Vukas handed a formal invitation from his government to Prime Minister Barzani to visit Croatia.

For his part, Prime Minister Barzani reaffirmed that the Kurdistan Region desires developing and strengthening bilateral relations with the government and people of Croatia.

He accepted the invitation, stressing that he will pay an official visit to Croatia in a near future.

Prime Minister Barzani recalled the visit by the Croatian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs to the Kurdistan Region earlier this year, which, he said, marked developing bilateral relations.