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Turkish foreign minister arrives in Baghdad
Aug 11, 2009, 9:56 GMT
Baghdad - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Baghdad Tuesday for a day of talks expected to focus on boosting Turkish-Iraqi cooperation on trade and water resources.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari greeted Davutoglu at the airport, Turkey's Anatolia News Agency reported.
Davutoglu is scheduled to meet: Iyad al-Samarrai, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament; Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdel-Mahdi; and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. He is to return to Turkey Tuesday evening.
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