A member of the Dutch cabinet announced an expansive plan to develop several aspects of the economy in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan, as she arrived in Erbil on Monday.

"There's a broad package," Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Sigrid Kaag told reporters at Erbil International Airport.

"There's a package of humanitarian assistance, protection, there's access to schooling, education. At the same time, also, a new set of instruments that will give access to private sector finance for companies and startups so that young entrepreneurs who want to start their business and build their knowledge base."

"This is from a viewpoint of our contribution to stability and stabilization, also in the wake of the successful battle against Daesh (IS),"