Erbil Governor: We want to thank everyone who helped bring Erbil and Nashville closer together

"We benefited greatly from our visit and learned from Kurdish history how great people are," said Nashville Mayor.

Today, Thursday, May 25, 2023. On the occasion of their departure from Erbil and return to the United States, Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw met with Nashville Mayor John Cooper and Chairman of the Nashville Sister Board .

During the meeting, the governor of Erbil stressed the need of developing links and coordinating efforts between Erbil and Nashville in the fields of education, health, culture, arts, and sports, among others, and expressed gratitude for US support for the Kurdistan Region.

He thanked everyone who helped to make the sister project between Erbil and Nashville a success, and he hoped that the visit to Erbil would be targeted at promoting the sister project between Nashville and Erbil.

The Mayor of Nashville and the Chairman of the Board of the Sister City of Nashville, for their part, expressed their appreciation for their visit to Erbil and the Kurdistan Region, and thanked the Governor of Erbil and the people of Erbil for their hospitality.

The Governor praised the Mayor of Nashville, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and members of the guest delegation at a joint press conference, as well as the Kurdish Diaspora in Nashville and all those who helped bring Erbil and Nashville closer together. The city's sister project with Erbil, the Middle East and North Africa's first city to establish a sister agreement with Nashville.

"We hope the visiting delegation had a good time in Erbil and saw the beautiful scenery of our country." What makes us glad is that the visiting delegation enjoyed their visit to Erbil and the Kurdistan Region," he stated.

"The first beneficiaries of the sister city project are the citizens, and the establishment of these relationships will take relations between the Kurdistan Region and the United States to another stage of further development," he said.

"Our visit had very good results," stated Nashville Mayor John Cooper. "We thank you very much for the warm hospitality in Erbil, and we thank Mr. Masrour Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and Mr. Governor of Erbil, we also want to thank everyone who helped our delegation. Our visit was quite beneficial to us. We learned about the Kurds' greatness from their history." "We learned a lot of new things during our stay. Finally, our city is really fortunate to have a small Kurdistan and a Kurdish minority. We appreciate them being a part of Nashville and our city."