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Barzani meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Thursday, May 17 / May 2012 23:48
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Reported the news of Turkey that the KRG President Barzani Naچervan met Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Barzani, who had arrived in Turkey on a two-day official visit, met earlier with all of the Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
This is the first overseas trip after taking office Barzani, prime minister of the province for the second time.
The Turkish media in the press reports that Barzani discussed with Erdogan "a number of issues such as trade, energy, and strengthen areas of cooperation and the existence of the PKK, the Turkish opposition in some border areas with Turkey."
The other reports that Barzani's talks focused on "the importance of developing trade and political relations" between Turkey and the Kurdistan region.
It was not clear whether the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government will meet with Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi to be prosecuted in the Turkey since early April. Hashemi, who was before his stay in Istanbul is a resident of Erbil, the protection of the provincial government, and there were news releases that will bring with Barzani in Irbil Hashemi at the request of the Turkish government.
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