MESOP : FROM THE HOLY VATICAN TO MEDICAL GERMANY – BARZANI

Kurdistan’s Massoud Barzani in Germany for treatment 

June 2, 2014 – Kurdpress – BERLIN,— Iraq’s Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani did not return to Kurdistan region after visiting Italy and Vatican but went directly to Germany for treatment and for medical check up, Rudaw TV said, kurdpress reported.

According to the report Barzani is also planned to hold other meetings in Europe after visiting Pope Francis in Vatican and French President Francois Hollande in Paris. He also met Italian foreign minister and parliament speaker. Barzani held separate meetings with Pope Francis and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, the talks centering around bilateral ties, the situation in Iraq and Syria and the plight of tens of thousands of Christian refugees in Kurdistan. He is due to discuss his tour to Europe with Kurdish representatives. Barzani left Erbil with on May 21st, to begun European tour.