This came during a meeting with the Consul General of the United Arab Emirates in Erbil, Rashid Al -Mansouri according to a statement of Kurdistan presidency, briefed by “Shafaq News”.

UAE Consul General congratulated during the meeting, the people of Kurdistan on the success of the parliamentary elections in the region.

He stressed his country's desire to build and strengthen political and economic relations between Kurdistan Region and United Arab Emirates in the interest of both parties.

For his part, Barzani expressed his happiness from the level of relations progress between Kurdistan Region and United Arab Emirates, calling at the same time to continue to deepen the bonds of these relationships.

Relations between Kurdistan and United Arab Emirates are progressing on the diplomatic and economic levels.

As the largest two companies in the energy sector in UAE, namely”TAQA” and “Dana Gas “in Kurdistan as they do not have any investments yet in the rest of Iraq.

A few days ago, Abu Dhabi National Energy “TAQA " said yesterday that it had received approval from Kurdistan Government to start the first phase of the development of Atrush franchise in Kurdistan.