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Turkey, Iraq ministers meet in Istanbul to boost ties

Senior ministers of Turkey and Iraq are meeting in Istanbul for the second day on Friday to boost cooperation in a wide range of areas, mainly in the economic field. Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari on Thursday pledged to boost cooperation in the fields of security, economics, energy, water and health while Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu described the meeting as a new model of partnership between the two neighbours. The two countries' ministers of the interior, foreign trade, energy, construction, health, transport, agriculture and environment are taking part in the two-day talks.The relations between two countries have often been troubled by separatist Kurdish rebels taking refuge in the mountains of northern Iraq. Reply Forward

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