Scoop: Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister to travel to Turkey

Scoop: Iraqi Kurdistan prime minister to travel to Turkey

Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Massoud Barzani is set to travel to Istanbul today where he will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Al-Monitor has learned.

This will be the prime minister’s second official trip to Turkey since taking office. The delegation traveling to Turkey includes KRG Foreign Minister Safeen Dizayee. It comes ahead of Barzani's trip to the UK.

Barzani’s trip comes before an expected new Turkish offensive against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants inside Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The PKK accuses the KRG of collaborating with Turkey in carrying out attacks against the group in the autonomous region.