U.S. U.N. envoy ends talks, leaves Kurdistan

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: The permanent U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, has wrapped up his visit to Iraq’s Kurdistan region following meetings with the region’s president and senior politicians in Sulaimaniya and Arbil cities. “The president of the Kurdistan region, Massoud al-Barzani, met with Khalilzad, who arrived in Arbil on Tuesday evening, and discussed with him recent developments on the political scene…,” the head of the presidential office in the Kurdistan region, Fouad Hussein, told IraqiNews.com. Khalilzad served as the U.S. ambassador to Iraq from June 2005 to March 2007. SS (P)/SR 1