Turkey and Iraq hold high-level talks in Baghdad on security and energy cooperation amid cross-border tensions.
Turkey and Iraq will hold high-level talks in Baghdad, focusing on security and energy cooperation. Senior Turkish officials, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defence Minister Yasar Guler, and Ibrahim Kalin, head of Turkey's intelligence agency, will discuss counter-terrorism efforts and energy ties. Tensions have risen between the two nations as Turkey increases cross-border operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, which Iraq claims violates its sovereignty.
March 13, 2024
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