H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, received on Tuesday Qubad Talabani, the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), who is currently visiting the country to participate in the Government Summit 2015, being held in Dubai.

Sheikh Mansour and the Iraqi minister discussed means to bolster ties of cooperation between the UAE and Iraq in general and UAE and Kurdistan Region in particular, in order to realise mutual interest.

Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice ,Ahmed Juma Al Za'abi, Deputy Minister for Presidential Affairs, attended the meeting.