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Pence visits Kurdistan Region to demonstrate US still supporting Kurdish allies

Mike Pence meets with Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani

Mike Pence meets with Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani Source: KRG

In this report by Ahmed Ghafur in Erbil: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has paid a visit to Iraq to demonstrate the United States is still supporting its Kurdish allies. Pence didn't meet with any Iraqi officials Mr Pence went to a semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq after visiting US troops in Anbar province where he and Mrs Pence share Thanksgiving meal with the soldiers. Mr Pence has reiterated the U.S. is committed to standing alongside its allies.


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In this report by Ahmed Ghafur in Erbil: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has paid a visit to Iraq to demonstrate the United States is still supporting its Kurdish allies. Pence didn't meet with any Iraqi officials Mr Pence went to a semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq after visiting US troops in Anbar province where he and Mrs Pence share Thanksgiving meal with the soldiers. Mr Pence has reiterated the U.S. is committed to standing alongside its allies.



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