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ForMin Bogdan Aurescu to attend meeting of foreign ministers of EU member states
Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu will attend, on Monday, the meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU Member States (Foreign Affairs Council), which will take place in Luxembourg.
Greek diplomacy ticks off Turkey
The "Philia (Friendship) Forum" that brought together in Athens four Mediterranean states (Cyprus, Egypt, France and Greece) and three Gulf states (Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) on Thursday apparently touched a raw nerve in Turkey, which reacted with a strongly worded statement by Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy.
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Dendias meets Iraqi counterpart in Athens
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias On Friday met with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Athens.
In a tweet, Dendias said the aim of the visit was "to further strengthen bilateral relations and discuss ways to advance broader regional cooperation."
No more details were immediately available about the meeting.
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Turkish FM holds phone call with Iraqi counterpart
Turkey's top diplomat held a series of telephone calls on Feb. 8 with counterparts from three countries.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu called his Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments, according to Turkish sources.
He separately spoke with Tunisia's Othman Jerandi in a call that focused on recent development in Libya.
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Turkey pledges support to Iraq’s bid to wipe out PKK
Turkey has said it will lend necessary support to Iraq in its efforts to clear the country from the PKK ahead of a key visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to Ankara where improving cooperation in the fields of economy and security will be the main course of talks.
Iraqi PM due in Ankara to discuss economy, security
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will pay a one-day official visit to Ankara to discuss economy and security matters with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the central government in Baghdad and the regional government in Arbil have launched a joint effort to wipe out the PKK and other terror groups from the Sinjar region of Iraq.
Turkish, Iraqi finance ministers cross paths in Davos
Iraqi Finance Minister Fuad Hussein met with Turkish counterpart Berat Albayrak on Jan. 23 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland's Davos.
Turkish PM sends high-level delegation to northern Iraq
A group from Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu's inner circle will pay a visit Arbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in order to attend meetings to discuss the ongoing peace process, according to a report in pro-government daily Yeni ?afak.
Baghdad in bid to raise oil exports from KRG
The central government in Iraq has begun constructing a new oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Arbil to increase oil exports from region, an official from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said on Jan. 11.
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US Congress removes Iraqi Kurdish parties from terrorist list: Official
The two leading Iraqi Kurdish parties have been removed from the United States terrorist list, a senior U.S. official has announced.
The Kurdistan Democratic Union (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) have been recognized as Tier III terrorist group under the Patriot Act of the U.S. since 2001, although both organizations are long-time U.S. allies.