Pirmam-Erbil. On Sunday, Hoshyar Siwaily, Head of Kurdistan Democratic Party-Foreign Relations Office, received Mr. Valentine Nikolov, Charge d'Affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, accompanied by Mr. Vasil Vasilev, Head of Trade and Economic office in Erbil.

In the meeting Mr. Siwaily, along with other members of the KDP-FRO office, thanked the role of the people and the government of Bulgaria for their esteemed efforts in defeating ISIS militarily. The parties also discussed current political affairs of the day between Erbil and Baghdad and the recent developments in the wider region. Mr. Nikolov expressed his country's desire to further strengthen the ties to help mutually benefit the interest of the two people. On his part, Mr. Siwaily reiterated the sentiments and discussed ways to accomplish that.