June 5, 2010Visit of Barzani to Ankara ... new bridges of relationships and agreements of economic and trade
Kurdistan's president: the question of Kirkuk to be resolved according to the Constitution
بغداد- الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Resulted in a visit Kurdistan leader Massoud Barzani in Ankara for opening new horizons for cooperation between the region and Turkey. Barzani, who visited Ankara on Monday after many years on her last visit
Said in a press statement that the visit indicated that the relations between the two sides reached a high level is expected that there will be agreements in different areas. Where he met with President of Kurdistan Region yesterday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister.
During the meeting, according to a statement issued by the Presidency of the region, discussed bilateral relations between the region and Turkey, and ways to strengthen these relations in all areas. Barzani had met before his meeting with Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu in the building of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. After the meeting, the two sides held a joint press conference Salta where the light on several topics. At the beginning of the conference, welcomed the Turkish Foreign Minister President of the Kurdistan region and his accompanying delegation, returned the visit "historic" in the relations between the region and Turkey, stressing that Ankara was seeking to strengthen its relations with the Kurds because they are a bridge between Iraq and Turkey.
Kurdistan's president: the question of Kirkuk to be resolved according to the Constitution
بغداد- الصباح BAGHDAD - morning
Resulted in a visit Kurdistan leader Massoud Barzani in Ankara for opening new horizons for cooperation between the region and Turkey. Barzani, who visited Ankara on Monday after many years on her last visit
Said in a press statement that the visit indicated that the relations between the two sides reached a high level is expected that there will be agreements in different areas. Where he met with President of Kurdistan Region yesterday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister.
During the meeting, according to a statement issued by the Presidency of the region, discussed bilateral relations between the region and Turkey, and ways to strengthen these relations in all areas. Barzani had met before his meeting with Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmed Davutoglu in the building of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. After the meeting, the two sides held a joint press conference Salta where the light on several topics. At the beginning of the conference, welcomed the Turkish Foreign Minister President of the Kurdistan region and his accompanying delegation, returned the visit "historic" in the relations between the region and Turkey, stressing that Ankara was seeking to strengthen its relations with the Kurds because they are a bridge between Iraq and Turkey.
He came to the visit to Baghdad, Basra and Erbil, said: "We seek to strengthen ties with the Kurdistan region and soon will begin flights between Ankara and Erbil. Schoomaker, Barzani was pleased to visit Ankara, indicating that this visit is" complementary to the fraternal relations "with Turkey, stressing that Turkey is a country active in the region and seek to strengthen our relations with them. He also stressed the region's president said Turkey is a bridge for us to Europe and Asia, and the Kurdistan region is an important bridge between Turkey and Iraq, noting that his visit to Ankara showed that the relations between the two sides reached a high level is expected that there will be agreements in different areas. and on the Kirkuk issue, Barzani said: that the Kirkuk issue addressed by the Constitution and article 140 is dealing with the issue.
In the meantime, "said Falah Mustafa, director of the Department of External Relations of the Kurdistan Regional Government that Barzani discussed with the Turkish Prime Minister and officials in Ankara, the political situation in Iraq and the role of the Kurds to form the next government.
Mustafa said in a statement carried by the agency (Voices of Iraq) that "the President of the Kurdistan Regional workshops with Erdogan and Ihsanoglu to strengthen relations between the two sides, especially with respect to the trade and economic" . He pointed out that the two sides also discussed the political situation in Iraq and the formation of the new government and the role of Kurds in the composition and assert that the government includes all components of Iraq and be able to serve all Iraqis, and the formation of friendly relations with neighboring countries, "in addition to touch on the issue of opening bank branches Turkey and fonts Turkish Air.
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