Kurdistan and America agree to increase investments in the energy field

Shafaq News / The Prime Minister of Kurdistan Region, Masrour Barzani, discussed through phone on Friday evening, with US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette, a number of issues of common concern.

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said in a statement on Saturday that the two sides discussed the implications of Corona pandemic outbreak on the economy of Kurdistan Region, Iraq and the United States.

The statement added that the Prime Minister and the US Secretary of Energy agreed on the importance of investments growth in the energy field between the United States and Kurdistan Region. The new federal government in Baghdad was also highlighted, and the ways in which the United States can continue its support for Iraq and Kurdistan Region, especially through international financial assistance.

During the phone call, the Prime Minister expressed his solidarity with the victims of Corona virus in the United States, and it was also agreed to continue close communication between the two sides, according to the statement.