Prime Minister and Turkish President Stress Importance of Allowing Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
Baghdad - INA
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed on Thursday the importance of allowing humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a bilateral meeting as part of Al-Sudani's official visit to the Turkish capital, Ankara. The meeting witnessed discussions on the overall bilateral relations between the two countries and ways to proceed with the implementation of agreements previously signed between the two sides in April 2024."
The statement added that "mutual emphasis was placed on continuing joint qualitative efforts to enhance cooperation."
According to the statement, Al-Sudani indicated "the two sides' keenness to implement the outcomes of the strategic framework agreements for joint cooperation, which will enhance the two countries' ability to confront common challenges."
He stated that "Iraq values the constructive joint cooperation, the outcomes of the high-level security mechanism, and the frank and transparent dialogue that addresses various security aspects of concern to both countries, particularly in the field of combating terrorism, human trafficking, and drug trafficking."
Al-Sudani also addressed "the Development Road Project and its contributions at the international and regional levels to enhancing economic integration, raising the level of exchange between Iraq and Turkey, and creating broad and diverse opportunities for development, industrial and agricultural zones, and cooperation between the private sectors in both Iraq and Turkey, in addition to the fields of higher education, scientific research, culture, and other areas of cooperation."
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