Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq (gov.krd) - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Nechirvan Barzani and his accompanying delegation on Tuesday attended the mourning ceremony, held in Ankawa, for the late Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV.

The Prime Minister expressed his grief and sorrow to the Assyrian Church of the East and it followers, praising highly the role that the late Patriarch Mar Dinkha IV played in promoting the spirit of brotherhood and co-existence among various ethnic and religious group in the Kurdistan Region and Iraq.