On December 8, Vice President Biden met with Masrour Barzani, Chancellor of the Iraqi
Kurdistan Region Security Council, on the margins of the Chancellor's
meeting with Deputy National
Security Advisor Avril Haines. The Vice President commended Peshmerga
and Iraqi forces for their bravery and sacrifice in the fight against
ISIL and offered condolences for lives lost. The Vice President
applauded the close cooperation between the Iraqi
Government and the Kurdistan Regional Government to ensure ISIL's
lasting defeat and reaffirmed strong U.S. support for a united,
democratic, and federal Iraq committed to the welfare of all Iraqi
citizens.
Source: The White House, Office of the Vice President
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