(DIP) TURKISH MINISTER SAYS IRAQI-SYRIA COOPERATION FOR BEST INTERESTS.ISTANBUL, Sep 17, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- The Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday that cooperation between Iraq and Syria was for the best interests of the region. Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said that cooperation between Iraq and Syria in countering terrorism and security was for the best interests of the two countries, Turkey, the region and Arab world “Arab States” redirects here. For the political alliance, see Arab League. The Arab World (Arabic: العالم العربي; Transliteration: al-`alam al-`arabi) stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the . "We have held a very constructive meeting to overcome tension between the two countries (Iraq and Syria)," Davutoglu told a press conference in Istanbul. The first ministerial meeting of the Turkey-Iraq High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council took place in Istanbul with participation of foreign ministers of Turkey, Iraq and Syria and Arab League's Secretary General Amr Moussa. "Maintaining this atmosphere of confidence is of utmost importance," Davutoglu said. Davutoglu said that Turkey was determined to maintain this process and further improve relations between Iraq and Syria, and would continue to work on confidence-building measures Confidence-building measures (CBMs) are certain techniques which are designed to lower tensions and make it less likely that a conflict would break out through a misunderstanding, mistake, or misreading of the actions of a potential adversary. , security and diplomacy. The Turkish minister said the three countries would also discuss specific steps to be taken from now on, and Turkey was thinking of a new meeting under the margin of the United Nations (UN). Also, Davutoglu said Turkey was attaching importance to discussing all security issues between Iraq and Syria in a transparent and open way. Davutoglu underlined importance of building mutual confidence first of all, but said there were still things to be done. On the presence of the terrorist organization PKK PKK Player-Killer Killer (multiplayer gaming) PKK Partiya Karker Kurdistan (Kurdistan Worker's Party) PKK Kudistan Isci Partisi (formerly Kurdistan Workers Party, now KADEK) in north of Iraq, Davutoglu said, "There are a good cooperation and harmonized har·mo·nize v. har·mo·nized, har·mo·niz·ing, har·mo·niz·es v.tr. 1. To bring or come into agreement or harmony. See Synonyms at agree. 2. Music To provide harmony for (a melody). initiatives among Turkey, Iraq and Syria regarding PKK and terrorism, and there is no question marks regarding this issue." Davutoglu said Turkey was not expecting any threat from neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. countries. (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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