According to a readout issued by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the US envoy made the remarks in a meeting with the KRG Premier Masrour Barzani in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous region in the north of Iraq.

Barzani, hosted the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and his accompanying delegation and the two sides discussed the latest updates on the situation in Iraq and Syria and the endeavors to curb ISIS threats.

Godfrey said that the members of the Global Coalition will convene in the Italian capital, Rome, next week.

Barzani thanked the Coalition for its support to the Peshmerga forces, deeming the establishment of the Joint Security Cooperation Centers between the Peshmerga and Iraqi Army forces in the Kurdish territories outside the administration of the Region "a major step towards deterring ISIS threats there."

"The Prime Minister asserted the importance of the participation of the Kurdistan Region's Delegation in the anticipated meeting of the Global Coalition in Rome," the statement said.

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