US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein speak to the media prior to a meeting, in the Treaty Room of the US State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
Fresh grapes on display at an annual fair for marketing grapes and honey in Duhok city, Kurdistan Region, Sept. 20, 2021. (Photo: Star Ahmad / Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with the Ajman Ruler of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Humaid Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
The exterior of Nanakali Hospital in Erbil, a cancer treatment center in the Kurdistan Region's capital, Feb. 5, 2023. (Photo: Handout/Nanakali Hospital Facebook page)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Fujairah Ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Feb. 14, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with GCC's new Secretary General Jasem Albudaiwi on the sidelines of World Government Summit in Dubai, Feb. 14, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left), during his meeting with Mohammed bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
President Masoud Barzani (right), during his meeting with Zhu Rui, the Assistant Minister of the International Department of the Communist Central Committee, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: Barzani Headquarters)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (left) during his meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on the sidelines of the Dubai-based World Government Summit in the UAE, Feb. 13, 2023. (Photo: KRG)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani delivering a speech at the 2022 World Government Summit (WGS) in the UAE, Dubai, March 28, 2022. (Photo: KRG)