"ANALYSIS: Iraq Still Clouds Turkey Ties Despite Rice By Gareth Jones
ANKARA (Reuters) - Tensions between the United States and Muslim ally Turkey persist, especially over Iraq's future, despite Turks' delight that Condoleezza Rice included Ankara on her first foreign trip as the new Secretary of State.
Turks also welcomed Rice's message the United States, like Turkey, was opposed to any breakup of Iraq, where Turks fear the emergence of an independent Kurdish state on their border.
'It was very candid, very positive,' a Turkish diplomat said of Sunday's talks between Rice and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. 'There was good personal chemistry.'
But political analysts said the old problems remain. "
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