ERBIL, November 4, 2020

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received Mr. Muhammad Wajih Hijazi, the Consul General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Erbil on Wednesday.

President Nechirvan Barzani congratulated the Consul General on assuming his new mission in the Kurdistan Region and wished him success. The President reiterated the Kurdistan Region’s willingness to develop and strengthen bilateral relations with Egypt in all fields and stated that the people of the Kurdistan Region value their historic relations with Egypt and shed light on the role and the position of Egypt in the region.

On his part, Consul General Hijazi thanked the people and the leadership of the Kurdistan Region for supporting Egypt’s Consulate General and its activities in the Kurdistan Region and conveyed his country’s appreciation for the development of relations with the Kurdistan Region. Mr. Hijazi also highlighted and praised the role of the Peshmerga forces in defeating ISIS and confronting terrorism and emphasized his country’s desire to expand mutual relations with the Kurdistan Region in all fields of cooperation, especially cultural and economic fields.

Both sides also discussed the increase of direct flights between Erbil and Cairo to four flights per week and education opportunities for Kurdistan Region students at Egypt’s universities.

The two sides also shed light on the role of the Al-Azhar University in solidifying the culture of coexistence and harmony among communities, business and investment opportunities for Egyptian companies in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, ways to confront the threats of terror, the latest developments in the wider region and other topics of mutual interest.