House Speaker Receives Turkey's Ambassador To Iraq

BAGHDAD / NINA / House Speaker, Salem al-Jubouri called to move towards a fruitful cooperation between Iraq and Turkey in the light of the common interests and respect sovereignty in the interest of their peoples, stressing the need to expand economic and trade cooperation with neighboring Turkey. Jubouri, during a meeting with Turkish Ambassador Fatih Yildiz, according to a statement by his press office, praised "Turkey's efforts in providing support and assistance to Iraq, especially in the war against terrorism and hosting large numbers of displaced people and to provide care and attention to them, adding that Iraq's relations with Turkey are deep and historic and the two peoples linked by solid ties. " The head of the parliament during the meeting said: "The Iraqi forces have achieved important victories in Mosul, and it will continue to achieve these victories on the right side of the city, pointing out that the terrorist organization Daesh in Iraq will end soon." For his part, the Turkish ambassador expressed his country's cooperation with Iraq in the fields of counter-terrorism and support for the displaced and activation of trade exchanges in order to serve the interests of the two neighboring peoples. " During the meeting, according to the statement, they "discussed ways to strengthen relations between the two countries in various fields, especially the security, political and economic" ./ end