(DIP) ERDOGAN CALLS MALIKI, EXPRESSES GRIEF OVER TERRORIST ATTACKS.ISLAMABAD, Oct 26, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki (Arabic: نوري كامل المالكي, transliterated Nūrī Kāmil al-Mālikī; born c. on Sunday and expressed grief over the deaths of up to 140 people in Sunday's double bombing in Baghdad, diplomats said. "I learned that up to 140 people were killed this morning in Baghdad. I heard the news in Pakistan's Islamabad where I am paying a formal visit. I and Pakistan's Prime Minister Raza Gilani condemned the terrorist attack. Our foreign minister called your foreign minister to tell him that Turkey was ready to treat wounded people in our hospitals. Besides, we want you to know that we are ready to meet all other your needs," Erdogan told Maliki. "We absolutely condemn terrorism. Nothing can legitimize le·git·i·mize tr.v. le·git·i·mized, le·git·i·miz·ing, le·git·i·miz·es To legitimate. le·git deaths of civilian people," he said. He added that Turkey and Iraq should fight terrorism together, saying Turkish people For other uses of "Turkish", see Turk (disambiguation). “Turkishness” redirects here. For Turkish law against the public denigration of Turkishness, see Article 301 (Turkish penal code). would always stand by their Iraqi brothers and sisters. (T-A) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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