FW: Meeting with top Kurdish diplomat

From:larry.harris@pillsburylaw.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2016-01-13 14:40 Subject: FW: Meeting with top Kurdish diplomat

Hi John Hope you had a nice weekend. John please see the attached Email. Minister Falah Bakir of the Kurdistan Regional Government would like to meet with you. This would be an information meeting, no ask by them. Thank you for your consideration. Larry John I hope we can do a meeting with you or Mr Sullivan with this gentleman Laurence E. Harris | Senior Counsel Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP 1200 Seventeenth Street NW | Washington, DC 20036-3006 t 202.663.8982<tel:202.663.8982> | f 202.663.8007<tel:202.663.8007> | m 301 717-0850<tel:301%20717-0850> larry.harris@pillsburylaw.com<mailto:larry.harris@pillsburylaw.com> | website bio<http://www.pillsburylaw.com/larry.harris/larry.harris> [Image] See below the bio of Minister Falah Bakir, the top diplomat of the Kurdistan Regional Government. He will be in Washington Jan. 11-18 for meetings with senior administration officials and key members of Congress. He will be joined by Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani's chief of staff, Dr. Fuad Hussein. It would be great if John Podesta can meet Minister Bakir. Thank you in advance. Best. Minister Bakir is the Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations. Minister Bakir was appointed as the first Head of the KRG Department of Foreign Relations with ministerial rank in September 2006. Prior to this post, Mr. Bakir served as the Public Relations Officer of the Kurdistan Democratic Party from 1996 to 1999 and as the KRG Deputy Minister of Agriculture & Irrigation from 1999 to 2002. He was a Senior Adviser to KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani from 2002 to 2004. He also served as the KRG’s liaison officer to the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003 and to the Multi-National Forces Korean Contingent stationed in Erbil in 2004. Being fluent in Kurdish, English and Arabic, he often delivers speeches at leading universities and think tanks abroad. Minister Bakir completed his undergraduate studies in English Language and Literature at the University of Mosul and later received a Masters degree in Development Studies at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. <br /> <br /> The contents of this message, together with any attachments, are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed and may contain information that is legally privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message, or any attachment, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the original sender or the Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Help Desk at Tel: 800-477-0770, Option 1, immediately by telephone or by return E-mail and delete this message, along with any attachments, from your computer. Thank you.