(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) President Barack Obama participated in a meeting at the White House on Tuesday with Vice President Joe Biden and Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, the Office of the Vice President announced.
They discussed the campaign to degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL and the status of ongoing political initiatives to address the needs of the Iraqi people and foster cooperation across all communities, the announcement said.
Obama and Biden "reaffirmed the United States' strong and continued support to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and the Kurdish people," it said.
They also "reaffirmed the United States' enduring commitment under the Strategic Framework Agreement to a united, federal and democratic Iraq, as defined in the Iraqi constitution," it said.
Obama and Biden "each commended the bravery of the Kurdish Peshmerga and expressed condolences to the victims of ISIL throughout Iraq," the statement said.
Barzani thanked Obama and Biden for the "significant military support" that the United States has provided to Kurdish Peshmerga in coordination with the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Security Forces, including the military action taken to protect Irbil and other parts of Iraqi Kurdistan following the fall of Mosul, the statement said.
Both sides agreed on "the importance of strengthening relations between Baghdad and Irbil and underscored their continued shared commitment to provide support to the millions of civilians displaced by the violence in the region," it said.
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