- Title: Iraqi Kurdish leader discusses cooperation with Germany
- Date: 18th January 2017
- Summary: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (JANUARY 18, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF OUTGOING U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WALKING IN HALLWAY AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) VARIOUS OF KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT, MASOUD BARZANI, IN DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER, URSULA VON DER LEYEN (SOUNDBITE) (Kurdish) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT, MASOUD BARZANI, SAYING THROUGH TRANSLATOR WHO IS TRANSLATING IN TO ENGLISH: "We have a strong relationship with Germany through the advisors who are there training the peshmergas on the ground. And they helped us in providing weapons and ammunition. So we talked about this cooperation, the cooperation between peshmerga forces and the ministry of defence in Germany and also the good results that have been achieved in the fight against terrorism." BARZANI WALKING OFF
- Embargoed: 1st February 2017 20:03
- Keywords: Iraq Kurdistan Barzani Germany von der Leyen peshmerga
- Location: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
- City: DAVOS, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA0015ZLY24N
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Iraq's Kurdistan region's Masoud Barzani said on Wednesday (January 18) he had discussed cooperation with Germany "in the fight against terrorism."
Barzani was speaking after a talk with German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen whose country "helped us in providing weapons and ammunition" for the peshmerga forces, the Kurdish president said.
According to him, Germany's support had achieved "good results."
Last August, the German military said it had resumed deliveries of weapons to Kurdistan after the government of the northern Iraqi region vowed to ensure the arms did not end up on the black market.
According to a defence ministry spokesman at the time, Germany had delivered 70 tonnes of weapons, including 1,500 rifles, 100 shoulder-fired rockets and three armored vehicles, to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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