President Nechirvan Barzani attended a special ceremony in Erbil tonight celebrating the 247th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the U.S.

At the ceremony held at the Rotana Hotel in Erbil, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Ms. Barbara Leaf, the Foreign Minister of Iraq, the US Ambassador to Iraq, the US Consul General in the Kurdistan Region, a number of Kurdistan Regional Government officials and dignitaries were present.