IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 004345

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/03/2014
TAGS: PREL TU IZ
SUBJECT: IRAQI PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT TURKEY
SOON

REF: ANKARA 4132

Classified By: PolMilCouns Timothy A. Betts for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
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1. (SBU) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Ferhat Alkan told PolMilOff
Aug. 3 that both Iraq's interim president and prime minister
would visit Turkey soon. President al-Yawar will be in
Ankara Aug. 16 and 17 and will meet with President Sezer and
FonMin Gul. Alkan said that PM Erdogan may be out of the
country on that day but if he is in town he would also meet
al-Yawar. PM Allawi will come to Ankara Sept. 7 at Erdogan's
invitation.


2. (C) Alkan made it clear that the GOT is satisfied and
relieved that both these visits came through so quickly after
PM Allawi belatedly declined PM Erdogan's earlier invitation
to visit Ankara in late July (reftel). He added that "we
have a full and busy agenda" for both Iraqi leaders.


3. (U) Baghdad minimize considered.
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