On May 1, Prime Minister Stephen Harper chats with Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence and Minister for Multiculturalism, Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie, General Thomas J. Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff and Janice Charette, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary of the Cabinet, en route to Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper chats with press secretary Catherine Loubier and director of communications Rob Nicol en route to Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper chats with retired National Hockey League stars Paul Coffey and Ryan Smyth en route to Baghdad, Iraq. On May 2, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence and Minister for Multiculturalism, arrives in Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper boards a helicopter en route to meetings with Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq, at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Haider al-Abadi, Prime Minister of Iraq, at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in Erbil, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence and Minister for Multiculturalism, and General Thomas J. Lawson, Chief of the Defence Staff, are briefed by members of the Peshmerga Forces at Peshmerga Sector 7.1 Headquarters in Erbil, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper tours the Canadian Special Operations Forces and Peshmerga Program of Instruction and visits the Advise and Assist Mission in Erbil, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and Minister for La Francophonie, meets with displaced persons taking refuge at the Mar Elia Church, a refuge for those fleeing religious persecution and violence perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, in Erbil, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits Melwood Geometrix Limited, a Canadian-based company in Erbil, Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper bids farewell to Nechirvan Barzani, Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, at the conclusion of his visit to Erbil, Iraq. On May 3, Prime Minister Stephen Harper joins Canadian Armed Forces members stationed in Kuwait for breakfast during his visit to Kuwait. Prime Minister Stephen Harper delivers remarks thanking Canadian Armed Forces members stationed in Kuwait for their courage and efforts in the fight against ISIS during his visit to Kuwait. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, joined by Jason Kenney, Minister of National Defence and Minister for Multiculturalism, visits Canadian Armed Forces members stationed in Kuwait at Camp Patrice Vincent during his visit to Kuwait. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of Kuwait, during his visit to Kuwait City, Kuwait. Prime Minister Stephen Harper works on the Canadian Hercules en route from Kuwait to Iraq. Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves goodbye to people gathered at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq before heading to the Netherlands. The following people are also depicted in the photographs: Jason Kenney, Christian Paradis, Thomas J. Lawson, Catherine Loubier, Rob Nicol, Paul Coffey, Ryan Smyth, Stephen Staley, Haider al-Abadi, Masoud Barzani, Nechirvan Barzani, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
