Davutoğlu first to congratulate Iraq’s new PM Abadi
Turkeyâs Prime Minister Ahmet DavutoÄlu has been to the first to congratulate Iraqâs new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi whose government was approved at Parliament late Sept. 8.
DavutoÄlu held a telephone conversation with Abadi shortly after his Cabinet won a vote of confidence, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Sept. 9, citing sources from the Prime Ministry office.
âTurkey will always stand by Iraq and its people with whom it has fraternal ties with,â DavutoÄlu told Abadi, the same sources said. âThe Turkish government is ready to lend all kinds of support to the new Iraqi government,â DavutoÄlu also told his Iraqi counterpart.
DavutoÄlu was also the first foreign statesman to congratulate Abadi, the sources told the Turkish news agency.
Last month, then-Foreign Minister DavutoÄlu revealed that he worked through the night to avert a coup attempt in Iraq when special forces loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and armored vehicles were deployed across strategic locations in Baghdad late Aug. 10.
At the time, the Turkish Foreign Ministry released a statement in which it asked for al-Maliki to avoid a fait accompli that would further deepen the chaotic environment in the country and to adopt approaches that would clear the way for Iraqâs stability and peace. âOur country, in this course, will continue to stand with all democratic powers in Iraq and to support the efforts for the formation of a new and inclusive government on the basis of the Iraqi Constitution,â the statement read.
Meanwhile, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÃavuÅoÄlu called former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, who has been assigned as foreign minister in the new Cabinet, to extend his...
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