Iranian consul-general in Sulaymaniyah in a meeting with deputy interior minister of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Chato Salih reviewed opening Siranband cross-border customs office.
“Most of Iran's exports go to the Iraqi Kurdistan region, not the central government,’ the Iranian official told ILNA.
“The Syrian government’s strict rules on imports have made Iranian businessmen more vulnerable,” A member of the Iranian Women’s Business Association told ILNA.
Iranian foreign minister who visited Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday in a message welcomed the inclusive negotiations he had with Iraqi Kurdish leaders in Sulaymaniya.
Kurds began voting in a parliamentary election in their semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq on Sunday, a year after a failed bid for independence.
Iraqi Kurdistan PM Nechirvan Barzani has arrived in Tehran with his accompanying delegation, marking normalizing relations between Iran and the Iraqi Kurdistan region since the controversial independence referendum.
Officials of Iraqi Kurdistan Region expressed concern over closure of Iranian border crossings with KRG.
