Türkiye's foreign minister is in Iraq to discuss trade, border security and water resources.
The two-day visit beginning Sunday will include stops in the autonomous Kurdish region and Basra, Iraq's main oil hub.
Türkiye is expected to rebalance its oil supplies after the U.S. announced it would end the waivers that have allowed Türkiye to import from Iran despite sanctions. Iraq is one of Türkiye's leading suppliers of crude oil.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his Iraqi counterpart, Mohamed Alhakim, in Baghdad on Sunday.
He said Türkiye would send a special representative to Iraq to discuss water resources after an exceptionally wet winter filled reservoirs and caused flooding in both countries.
Alhakim said Iraq would facilitate trade with Türkiye and called on Turkish firms to invest in Iraq.
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