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Article: Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip visits Iraq
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- July 10, 2008
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Turkey's prime minister visited Iraq on Thursday and Kuwait promised to name its first ambassador in two decades, diplomatic victories for a fragile country that seeks fuller ties and clout with once-skeptical and suspicious neighbors.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first Turkish leader to visit Iraq in nearly 20 years, and his Iraqi counterpart, Nouri al-Maliki, warmly greeted him at Baghdad's airport. At a joint news conference, the two men agreed to pool their efforts to fight terrorism.
Turkey had expressed frustration over Iraq's perceived reluctance or inability to hunt Kurdish rebels who conduct hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets from bases in northern ...