Friday, November 06, 2009

The northern Iraq factor in the 'Kurdish opening'

"The northern Iraq factor in the 'Kurdish opening'

SEMİH IDİZ

Foreign Minister Davutoğlu’s recent visit to Iraq, which included high-level meetings in Basra Mosul and Arbil, represented another breakthrough for Ankara in terms of its foreign policy administration. While it was important that Davutoğlu visited Basra and Mosul, it was undoubtedly his contacts in Arbil, which included a meeting with Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani, that attracted most attention."

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