The security situation in Iraq was the focus of high-level bilateral talks on Tuesday in Rome between Italy's premier Giuseppe Conte and the Kurdistan Region's prime minister Masrour Barzani, Conte's office said in a statement.
Conte and Barzani had "an exchange of views on regional issues, especially the situation in Iraq, tensions in the area and on the main aspects of cooperation between Italy and the Kurdistan Regional Government," the statement said.
Barzani thanked Conte for Italy’s staunch support in the fight against the Islamic State jihadist group, including through the training of Peshmerga and police by the Italian carabinieri, according to a statement from the KRG.
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