French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is scheduled to make a fresh trip to Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdistan Region in the upcoming period, Head of the Department of Foreign Relations in the Region Falah Mustafa Bakir said on Saturday.
Kouchner's visit aim to buttress bilateral relations, as the French official is expected to meet with the Region's Chief Masuad Barazani and
other high profile officials of the Region, Bakir told reporters.
Should the visit take place, it would be the second for Kouchner since August 2007.
France already has an embassy in Baghdad and announced last year that it would open a consulate in Irbil northern Iraq.
Bakir noted that preparations to inaugurate the consulate were "underway", with the likelihood of Kouchner attending the ceremony.
