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ERBIL, North Iraq, Jan 16 (KUNA) -- President of the Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) Masoud Barzani the State of Kuwait and the Kurds enjoy a long
history of friendship and cooperation.
"In 2003 the leaders of Kurdistan region rejected the hostile comments made
by the Iraqi government against Kuwait," Barzani said during his meeting with
a Kuwaiti media delegation at Salaheddin resort here on Wednesday.
Welcoming the delegation, the Kurdish leader said: "Your kind visit to your
brothers here is a good initiative from a constellation of the Kuwaiti
intelligentsia to see the achievements made in the region."
He recalled that late Kurdish leader Mullah Mustafa Barzani stood by Kuwait
in the 1960s when the first president of Iraq Abdulkarim Qasim (July 1958 -
February 1963) issued threats for Kuwait.
He voiced hope that the friendly ties between Kuwait and Kurdistan will be
further strengthened in the coming years thanks to his close relationship with
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (end)
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