Barzani meets with Kobler, confirms the region's call for dialogue and understanding

Kurdistan region's Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani confirmed that the region had always supported dialogue and understanding to end all the problems. A statement by the provincial government quoted Barzani as saying, during a meeting with Martin Kobler, the Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN in Iraq: "The Kurdistan region will continue to call for dialogue and understanding, and we are waiting the joint committees, which was formed to address those problems, to start their work." For his part, Kobler, who is visiting Arbil, on the occasion of the end of his mission in Iraq, described the talks between the governments of the center and the Kurdistan region a positive step," noting that "The visit made by Barzani and his accompanying delegation to Baghdad was the reason for resuming talks between the two sides. In the Syrian crisis, Barzani confirmed that: "The Syrian refugees need more aid from the United Nations and the Iraqi Federal Government," expecting rise the number of refugees, calling on the United Nations and the federal government to play a more active role to help refugees and provide aid and the necessary requirements for them.