ERBIL — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani met on Thursday with his Iraqi counterpart Adil Abdul-Mahdi in Baghdad. The two premiers reportedly discussed bilateral ties and ways to resolve the remaining disputes between Erbil and Baghdad. This is the first visit to Baghdad by PM Barzani since the approval of Iraq’s 2019 budget bill which secured the salaries for Peshmerga and public servants of Kurdistan Region. No officials statements have yet been made.