Erbil, Jumada I 19, 1437, February 28, 2016, SPA -- Prime Minister of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani received here on Sunday Saudi Consul in Iraq Abdel Moneim Bin Abdulrahman Al-Mahmood. During the meeting, Barzani expressed his happiness for the opening of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the region and ordered local authorities to facilitate and remove obstacles faced by it. For his part, the Saudi Consul conveyed to the Iraqi Kurdistan PM greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince and the Deputy Crown Prince, as well as the greetings of Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir and the keenness of the wise leadership of the kingdom to strengthen ties of friendship between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iraq in all fields. --SPA 00:26 LOCAL TIME 21:26 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w