Yapıcıoğlu initiated his visit by meeting with KDP Chairman Mesud Barzani in Salahaddin. The two parties exchanged their perspectives on the prevailing political environment in Turkey and Iraq and expressed interest in fostering closer ties between HUDA PAR and KDP in the coming years.
Afterwards, Yapıcıoğlu and his accompanying group held a meeting with Aydın Maruf, who is both the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government Minister responsible for Ethnic and Religious Formations and a member of the Iraqi Turkmen Front Executive Board, at the Turkmen Front Office located in Erbil.
Following his meeting with Komela Dadgerî Leader Ali Papîr, Yapıcıoğlu proceeded to visit the Party Headquarters of the Islamic Movement Party (Bizûtnewey Îslami) in Erbil, where he had a meeting with the party's leader Sheikh İrfan Ali Abdulaziz.
Yapıcıoğlu concluded his visit by meeting with Raşid Azzawî, who is the Chairman of the Iraqi Islamic Party, at the Iraqi Islamic Party's Representative Office in Erbil.
“We had a meeting with the Iraqi Turkmen Front with the goal of strengthening the bilateral relations between our parties. We firmly believe that developing friendly relations between political parties, and between the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Turkey is beneficial for everyone. We want to emphasize that we do not discriminate against any of our brothers here based on their ethnic or sectarian affiliation. Such factors do not matter to us,” Yapıcıoğlu told reporters after his visit to Turkmen Front Office.
During the visit, Yapıcıoğlu extended his congratulations on the anniversary of the establishment of the Iraqi Turkmen Front and emphasized that their visits aimed to foster amicable relations among the people of the region. He also added that these visits would continue in the future.
For his part, Aydın Maruf, a member of the Executive Board of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, expressed his appreciation for the visit of Yapıcıoğlu and his delegation. (ILKHA)