ISTANBUL

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday received Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Nechirvan Barzani at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

National Intelligence Organization head Ibrahim Kalin, Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran, and Presidential Chief Foreign Policy and Security Adviser Akif Cagatay Kilic also attended the closed-door meeting.

Earlier, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also met with Barzani, the Foreign Ministry said on the Turkish social media platform Nsosyal.