Turkish FM meets Iraqi Turkmen leader in Ankara

The meeting was the last in a series of Turkey’s such contacts with representatives of several political groups in Iraq.

Earlier, the top Turkish diplomat has separately met with Saleh al-Mutlaq, head of the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, Salahaddin Muhammad Bahaaddin, leader of Iraqi Kurdistan Islamic Union Party as well as former Iraqi Prime Minister and head of the Iraqi National Reform Trend Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

Iraq seeks to set up a new government after the general elections on March 7. Turkey has announced that it is at equal distance to all groups in Iraq and supported a national unity government.