President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with President Nizar Amedi of Iraq on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Antalya.
The meeting addressed the Türkiye–Iraq bilateral relations and regional issues.
President Erdoğan said that the momentum gained in high-level contacts between Türkiye and Iraq has brought dynamism to bilateral relations.
Stating that progress has been made on the Development Road Project, which will strengthen Iraq’s connectivity with the world, President Erdoğan noted that the project will open up an entirely new route for East–West trade, and that Türkiye will continue to take steps to strengthen cooperation in many areas, particularly in energy.
Expressing Türkiye’s expectation that Iraq will continue and increase its support for the ‘Terror-Free Region’ goal, President Erdoğan highlighted that achieving this goal will benefit both countries.
