Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday spoke with U.S. Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Ambassador Tom Barrack, who agreed that the KRG should remain strong and unified.

“We agreed that the KRG must remain strong and unified, and that our disputes with the federal government must be resolved in accordance with the Iraqi Constitution,” KRG PM Masrour Barzani posted on X.

“To that end, we both welcomed today's progress with Prime Minister @AliFalihAlzaidy and his team on the federal budget law, and we look forward to finalizing an agreement on oil and gas.”

KRG PM Masrour Barzani also added that during the call, the both sides also “reaffirmed the already strong KRG-U.S. partnership.

Later, Ambassador Tom Barrack wrote on X that "Unity for a strong KRG is critical for a strong and stable Iraq."

On Monday, KRG Prime Minister Barzani met with his Iraqi counterpart al-Zaidi and discussed the salaries of the Kurdistan Region’s public employees, with both leaders stressing the need to ensure the continued payment of salaries to civil servants. 

Moreover, they emphasized the importance of continued coordination, cooperation, and dialogue to resolving outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad.

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Earlier on Monday, U.S. Ambassador Barrack praised the leadership of Iraqi Prime Minister al-Zaidi and KRG Prime Minister Barzani after both officials discussed outstanding issues between Erbil and Baghdad.

Furthermore, President Masoud Barzani on Monday called on the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to sit down with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to resolve outstanding issues as political parties in the Kurdistan Region remain divided over the formation of a new regional government.

The PUK withdrew from the KRG government last Thursday after the KDP, joined by lawmakers from several other political factions, reactivated the Kurdistan Parliament the previous day.