(KUNA) -- The Peshmerga ministry in Iraq's Kurdistan region reached an initial agreements with the Iraqi government, under US and British sponsorship, by which security of Kurdistan in northern Iraq would be handed over to Peshmerga forces. Press statements by the Peshmerga ministry said an initial agreement was reached by the Kurdish Peshmerga ministry and the Iraqi defense ministry under the sponsorship of the US and British ambassadors in Baghdad, by which the Peshmerga forces take over responsibility of the security in Iraq's Kurdistan region.The initial agreement will shortly be presented to the head of Kurdistan Masoud Barzani for official approval, the statement added. Three Peshmerga brigades are controlling security along the Iraqi borders with Iran and Turkey. Peshmerga forces have many times in the past fought against the ruling regimes in Baghdad.