Abdul Mahdi arrived in Sulaimani on Saturday afternoon following meetings with officials in Erbil.

NRT reported that Abdul Mahdi was received by Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Region Vice President Sheikh Jaafar and, Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) members Imad Mohammed and Shalaw Kosrat at Sulaimani International Airport.

The caretaker prime minister met with head of PUK's High Political Council Kosrat Rasul. They discussed the latest developments in Iraq and the relations between the Region and the federal government, according to the reporters.

He visited Erbil earlier on Saturday and held talks with Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani and Prime Minister Masrour Barzani. He also visited with Kurdistan Democratic Party leader Masoud Barzani.

They discussed the latest development in Iraq and the region as well as the US-Iran tensions and Baghdad-Erbil relations.

This is Abdul Mahdi's first visit to the Kurdistan Region since his inauguration as prime minister, a position that he now occupies in a caretaker capacity after offering his resignation at the beginning of December.

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