[3][4] Kurdish rebel leader Mustafa Barzani met with the later Austrian Foreign Minister Bruno Kreisky in 1957 in Moscow.

Kurdish representative in Austria Mustafa Ramazan Goran stated that: "During these difficult times throughout the 1980s, the Austrian government never wavered in their support.

"[6] As the new leader of Kurdistan Democratic Party, Masoud Barzani visited Vienna in 1979, where he escaped an assassination attempt.

[8] After the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) entered Iraq and captured Mosul during the Northern Iraq offensive, Austria decided to send 1.25 million dollars to the Kurdish government to cope with the growing number of Internally displaced persons.

[10][11][12] Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz visited Erbil in 2015 and 2016 to boost ties and humanitarian aid.