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Mattis Confers With Kurdistan Regional Government President

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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Kurdistan Regional Government President Masoud Barzani in Munich, a Defense Department spokesperson said in a statement.

The two men affirmed their commitment to their partnership to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the statement said, and they discussed the latest developments in the Mosul operation and the key role Peshmerga forces have played in the counter-ISIS fight.

Mattis and Barzani both noted the important military cooperation between the government of Iraq and the KRG, the statement said. They agreed battlefield success over the past year was made possible by strong cooperation between the government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government and the United States.

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