"TURKEY: ANKARA TO HOST IRAQI LEADERS
Istanbul, 27 Feb. (AKI) - Turkey's attempts to defuse sectarian tensions in neighbouring Iraq will include a visit to Ankara on Tuesday by Iraq's prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and the arrival later this week of radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Both men will hold meetings with Turkish leaders to discuss ways to curb the recent violence between Iraqi Shiites and Sunnis. 'In these talks, we will make efforts to calm the ongoing violence in Iraq,” Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. "
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