ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - President Masoud Barzani on Wednesday visited the Vatican to meet with Pope Leo XIV.
"At the invitation of His Holiness the Pope, today President Barzani will be in the Vatican and will meet with Pope Francis, the Pope of Vatican," Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Transport and Communications Minister Ano Abdoka told Rudaw, adding that he will later meet with Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of Vatican City.
Abdoka, a Chaldean Christian, is accompanying President Barzani, who is the leader of the Kurdistan Region’s ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
Rudaw has learned that in addition to these two meetings, President Barzani will also meet with Antonio Tajani, Italy's foreign minister.