Salahadin, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, (Krp.org)- President Masoud Barzani received a Japanese delegation headed by Mr. Yuki Okamato, the former special advisor to the Japanese Prime Minister and Japan's ambassador to Iraq.

During the meeting President Barzani and Mr. Okamoto discussed the latest security and political developments in the Kurdistan Region and the rest of Iraq. The two sides also discussed the humanitarian issues in the Kurdistan Region, especially concerning the IDPs from other areas of Iraq and the the refugees from Syria.

Mr. Okamoto stated that the Japanese government will continue to support the Kurdistan Region as it strives to completely rid the region of the terrorists of the Islamic State.