President Nechirvan Barzani meets with Patriarch of the Chaldean Church

Their discussion centered on the general circumstances of the country’s communities, with particular attention to Christians, and stressed the need to preserve a culture of coexistence, mutual acceptance, and tolerance among the diverse communities of the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.

President Nechirvan Barzani emphasized that Christians are an indigenous part of Kurdistan and reaffirmed his commitment to safeguarding their rights. He stressed that Kurdistan will always remain a homeland for all its communities, without distinction, and will continue to champion cultural pluralism.

His Beatitude the Patriarch, in turn, commended the historical and ongoing role of the Kurdistan Region as a sanctuary for all religious and ethnic communities and expressed his appreciation for President Nechirvan Barzani’s unwavering support for the rights of all communities.

[Source: Kurdistan Region Presidency]