Deputy Prime Minister Meets Turkish Ambassador To Baghdad

BAGHDAD / NINA / Saleh al-Mutlaq, Deputy Prime Minister confirmed the importance of opening prospects for cooperation to counter terrorism and extremism in Iraq and the region. Mutlaq office said in a press statement that "al-Mutlaq received the Turkish ambassador in Iraq Farouk Qimagja on Wednesday July 29 and discussed with him the security file and open new horizons of cooperation to confront terrorism. The two sides focused on the need to develop cooperation in various political, economic and service fields, in addition to the importance of the development of security cooperation to counter terrorism and extremism in order to achieve peace for the two peoples of Iraq and Turkey as the security in the two countries reflects on the region. For his part, the Turkish ambassador confirmed the continuation of the Turkish government's support to the Iraqi people in its war against terrorism", hoping to open new horizons and exchange information in an effort to defeat the terrorist forces that want to undermine the security and safety of Turkish and Iraqi peoples, according to the statement. / End