Barzani's visit to Washington delayed

, Obama was postponed because the time is " inappropriate " , without identifying another date.

The head of the region’s office, Fouad Hussein said in a statement for " Shafaq News", that” Barzani received on Friday a telephone call from U.S. Vice President , Joe Biden .

He added that the call referred to the visit, which was scheduled to be paid by Barzani on Friday to Washington to meet with President, Obama and Vice President , Joe Biden , noting that the latter expressed his regret for not conducting the visit because the time is not right .

The two sides stressed the necessity of conducting a visit at appropriate time later , without reference to the new date .

He noted that the two sides discussed bilateral relations , stressing the continuation of the friendship between America and Kurdistan .

He noted that the last contact included another axis related to the Iraqi situations , especially the security situation , relations and negotiations between the federal government and the regional government .

He also noted that the two sides stressed that the current phase as a sensitive phase, arguing the need to maintain contacts and exchange of views between Washington and Erbil.

It was scheduled for Barzani to visit the United States on Friday, after a tour in a number of European countries that took two weeks

Barzani and his accompanying delegation have left Kurdistan in 15 of last month , in a visit to a number of European countries in addition to his meeting with President of Austria in Vienna .

Barzani had participated in the World Economic Forum in Davos and also met on the sidelines of the conference many of the leaders and heads of countries in the world .