Top Turkish diplomat meets Iraq PM-designate in Baghdad
Mevlut Cavusoglu meets host of Iraqi political figures in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Cavusoglu (L) chats with Adil Abdul-Mahdi (R), who is assigned by Iraq's President Barham Salih to form the new government, during their meeting on October 11, 2018 in Baghdad, Iraq. ( Fatih Aktaş - Anadolu Agency )
BAGHDAD
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday held a closed-door meeting in Baghdad’s Green Zone with Adel Abdul Mahdi, Iraq’s prime minister-designate.
Cavusoglu also met with Ammar al-Hakim, head of the National Wisdom Movement, a political coalition founded earlier this year to contest Iraq’s May 12 legislative poll.
Later Thursday, Cavusoglu will also meet newly-elected Iraqi President Barham Salih; outgoing PM Haider al-Abadi; Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi; prominent Shia leader Badr Hadi al-Amiri; Muqtada al-Sadr, head of the Sairoon coalition (which came in first in the May 12 polls); and leaders of Iraq’s sizeable Turkmen community.
During his stay in Iraq, the Turkish foreign minister is also slated to visit the Shrine of Ali bin Abi Talib (a companion of Prophet Muhammad) in the majority-Shia city of Najaf.
Reporting by Haidar Karaalp:Writing by Ali H. M.Abo Rezeg
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