Subject: RE: US-Kurdistan Business Council: Trip to Kurdistan
From: "Tafuri, David M." <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Ayal Frank" <[email-masked]>, "James Jones" <[email-masked]>, "Zaki, Jasmine" <[email-masked]>, "Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:14:20 +0000

Dear Members and Friends of the US-Kurdistan Business Council:

We are excited to inform you that we have been asked to organize another high level business delegation from the U.S. to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.  This delegation will be led by The Representative of the Kurdistan Region to the U.S., Ms. Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman.  We expect top KRG officials and Peshmerga officers in Kurdistan to meet with us for this trip, as always.

This trip will come at a very crucial time economically, and politically, for Kurdistan, and for Iraq, especially as the effort to push ISIS out of Iraq completely should be close to fruition and new economic and political opportunities may be on the horizon.  The tentative dates we are looking to for the delegation are December 11 - 17.   This is the same week we went last year.  Those who were able to come with us last year know that we had a very exciting and interesting trip.  The trip concluded with our delegation serving as honored guests of the Kurdistan Region's Peshmerga for Flag Day in the town of Makhmour.   We plan to participate again this year in the Flag Day ceremonies, which will likely be a very moving experience.

USKBC delegation on Kurdistan Flag Day 2015

Please let us know if these dates work for you for an exciting trip to Kurdistan.  You can respond with your interest or with any questions to Ayal Frank at [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> (in the cc line above).  Please also feel free to reach out to those who came on the trip last year to hear their impressions of the delegation and what we accomplished.

We hope you will consider coming with us on this exciting trip.  This visit will focus on all industry sectors in Iraq, but especially on energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, and defense and security.  There is no additional charge for participating in the delegation for USKBC members.  There will be a reasonable participation fee for non-members.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Warm regards,

David M. Tafuri