Iraq and Turkey French FM Kouchner arrives in Iraq ...
38 militants killed in clashes with US-Iraqi forces ... have agreed to boost strategic and economic ties between the two countries.
The announcement was made following talks between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan his Iraqi counterpart, Nuri al-Maliki, in Baghdad. They also announced that Iraq and Turkey would form a security area to eliminate terrorist threats between the two countries. Relations between Ankara and Baghdad have often been strained by Kurdish PKK rebels who use bases in northern Iraq to launch attacks into neighbouring Turkey. Separately, Kuwait announced that it would send an ambassador to Baghdad in a further sign that Iraq's Sunni Arab neighbours are accepting the Shi'ite-led government.
(Deutsche Welle)
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