Al-Kadhimi to visit Erbil tomorrow

Shafaq News / An informed political source said on Wednesday that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi will visit Erbil on Thursday to meet with the region's leaders and.

The source indicated that the PM will discuss several files in Erbil, including the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, the fight against ISIS remnants, as well as the holding of early parliamentary elections.

This will be Al-Kadhimi's first visit to the Kurdistan Region since the formation of his government last May.

The Kurdistan Region was among the parties that strongly supported the appointment of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to head the federal government.

It’s noteworthy that Al-Kadhimi’s government and Kurdistan have been holding talks for months to resolve the outstanding issues between Baghdad and Erbil, which are basically the disputed areas, the oil revenues.