The KRG delegation will negotiate the issue with Iraqi government officials on Sunday, July 29, a member of the delegation and chief of the Erbil police, Abdulkhaliq Talaat, told NRT.

He said both sides have already come to an agreement regarding logistics and a budget to reopen the road. “What now remains is only how the checkpoints will be run and this will be sorted out tomorrow [Sunday].”

The KRG delegation includes representatives from the Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Interior, Peshmerga Ministry, and the Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction. The KRG office in Baghdad will supervise the meetings.

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