She said that Tillerson later met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
.@statedeptspox provides an update on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s meetings today with Kurdish Prime Minister Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister al-Abadi in Davos, Switzerland, and his upcoming travel tomorrow to Warsaw, Poland. pic.twitter.com/70t984wtDY
— Department of State (@StateDept) January 25, 2018
Barzani met Tillerson on Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He described their meeting as “important.”
“The meeting was certainly important. We talked about our meeting and steps we have taken with Baghdad up to now,” Barzani said.
Barzani added that Tillerson described the start of talks between Erbil and Erbil as a “good opportunity.”
“He was optimistic that we [Baghdad and Erbil] will eventually reach a result,” Barzani said.
