October 12, 2009
Erdogan in Baghdad Thursday to activate the strategic cooperation between the two countries and discuss the issue of water
BAGHDAD - morning
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his intention to make an official visit to Baghdad on Thursday at the invitation of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to activate the strategic cooperation between the two countries.
"Erdogan said in a press statement:" It Will visit Iraq at the head of a large ministerial delegation to activate the Supreme Council for the strategic cooperation between the two countries and joint sub-committees established by the Council, "and expressed hope that the signing of dozens of joint agreements with the Iraqi side in various fields.
Indicated that the Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman confirmed to have "morning" recently, "The indicators demonstrate the Turkish prime minister's attempt to raise the idea of a direct meeting between President Assad and al-Maliki or dialogues at the highest level of foreign ministers, as they can put the case by Erdogan during his visit to Baghdad," adding that " Erdogan's visit will discuss several issues including, "File PKK (pkk) with the attempts and measures to secure the return of the party members to Turkey, and the development of economic relations, in addition to discussing Iraq's needs of water in exchange for Turkey's needs of oil and expanding trade relations to more than $ 20 billion, as well as to finalize the strategic cooperative agreement between the two countries.
Erdogan's visit to the country, the culmination of a rapid convergence in the relations in the capital, Ankara, killing 50 on the completion of the recent memorandum of understanding and agreement in the fields of energy, construction and housing, environment, forestry, water, security and counter-terrorism, health, trade, agriculture, transport, communication and transportation during the First Ministerial Meeting of the Supreme Council for the strategic cooperation of the Iraqi - Turkish which was held on 17 and 18 of the last month.
The Turkish prime minister visited Baghdad in July 2008, when he met in Baghdad, the President and the Minister, in addition to a large number of officials, the visit also paved for the development of cooperation and relations between the two countries.
It is hoped to be during the visit of Turkish Prime Minister of the country, discuss the water issue and the importance of ensuring that the share of Iraq's past from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, especially after the government include the strategic cooperation agreement a special item with water.
