On Monday, US Chargé d'Affaires to Iraq Steve Fagin travelled to Erbil for high-level diplomatic meetings with Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani and Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani. The discussions addressed critical domestic political issues, including the ongoing delays in forming the tenth cabinet of the Kurdistan Regional Government, alongside broader Erbil-Baghdad relations. Fagin reaffirmed Washington's steadfast support for a stable Iraq, emphasizing that state security requires strict government control over all weaponry and the elimination of unauthorized armed factions [IraqiNews.com](https://www.iraqinews.com)