President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Iraqi Prime Minister-Designate Ali Falih Kadhim al-Zaidi.
Congratulating Mr. Ali al-Zaidi on his nomination for the prime minister, President Erdoğan voiced his belief that he will swiftly form an inclusive, balanced and stable government in Iraq.
Stating that Türkiye has brought significant momentum to its close cooperation with Iraq on strategic and institutional bases, President Erdoğan said they aim to further it in the new period, and that Turkmens constitute a unique element of Türkiye’s brotherhood with Iraq.
President Erdoğan also expressed Türkiye’ s determination to enhance the bilateral relations in numerous areas such as anti-terror fight, defense industry, energy, transportation and the Development Road Project in particular.