October 3, 2009
Ankara: Erdogan's visit to Baghdad aimed at activating the bilateral agreements Abdel Mahdi stresses seek to strengthen cooperation between the two countries
BAGHDAD - morning
Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi, Iraq and Turkey seek to strengthen the ties of cooperation and integration between them, at a time when Ankara confirmed that the aim of the visit of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Baghdad in mid-month was the activation of the agreements between the two countries.
A presidential statement has received a "morning," a copy of it, said Abdul-Mahdi met yesterday, the Turkish Ambassador Derya Kanpei mark the end of his mission in Iraq.
The Deputy President of the Republic that "Iraq and Turkey are making great efforts to strengthen the ties of cooperation and integration, and the great potential available to allow the achievement of the two countries," he said, adding that "the country and despite the difficult conditions experienced by all serious and trying to establish improved relations with all countries neighboring region and the world, so dependent on the enormous potential of the human potential, in order to reach a state of stability, construction and economic advancement.
Meanwhile, the Turkish ambassador stressed that his country looks forward to strongly enhance its relations with Iraq in various fields, pointing out that the Turkish Prime Minister will visit to Baghdad on the fifteenth of the month accompanied by a number of ministers, businessmen and corporate leaders to follow up the implementation of the agreements signed between the two countries especially in economic fields. indicated that the Kurdistan Alliance MP Mahmoud Othman, had confirmed the "morning" recently, "The indications 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 finalizing the last of the strategic cooperative agreement between the two countries.
