ERBIL - Kurdistan Region Prime Minister-designate Masrour Barzani has ensured the minority political groups of their rights in regards to their share from the future cabinet in Erbil.

Barzani on Saturday held a chain of meetings with the Turkmen and Christian political parties so as to invite them to participate in the new Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

"I met Christian and Turkmen groups in Erbil today to finalize the cabinet — I emphasized their important part to help consolidate our enduring mosaic of ethnic and religious communities. I assured them that the next govt will protect their rights and remain a voice for all," the Kurdish leader wrote on Twitter.

Aidin Marouf, the leader of Turkmen Front Party, told BasNews on Saturday that his party would join the new cabinet and that it will have the KRG's post for the minister for minority affairs.

Bas News