- Title: Turkish Prime Minister arrives in Erbil
- Date: 7th January 2017
- Summary: ERBIL, IRAQ (JANUARY 8, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS OF THE PLANE CARRYING TURKISH PRIME MINISTER BINALI YILDIRIM, ARRIVING AT ERBIL AIRPORT TURKISH FLAG HONOUR GUARD TURKISH PRIME MINISTER BINALI YILDIRIM, EXITING THE PLANE AND DESCENDING THE STEPS YILDIRIM AND PRIME MINISTER OF THE KURDISH REGION, NECHIRVAN BARZANI, WALKING ON RED CARPET YILDIRIM AND BARZANI SHAKING HANDS VARIOUS OF THE LEADERS GREETING OFFICIALS BARZANI AND YILDIRIM POSING WITH CHILDREN BARZANI AND YILDRIM ENTERING THE AIRPORT
- Embargoed: 22nd January 2017 23:21
- Keywords: Iraq Turkey Yildirim Erbil Kurds ISIS Islamic State
- Location: ERBIL, IRAQ
- City: ERBIL, IRAQ
- Country: Iraq
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0015Y2ZCJR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim arrived in Erbil early on Sunday (January 8) after meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad.
Yildirim was met at the airport by the Prime Minister of the Kurdistan regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani.
Tensions rose between Iraq and Turkey in October over the continued presence of Turkish forces in Bashiqa and elsewhere in northern Iraq, with each government summoning the other's ambassador just as the U.S.-backed campaign to drive the Islamic State militant group out of Mosul was set to begin.
Abadi said on Saturday (January 7) an agreement had been reached with Turkey over an Iraqi demand that Turkish forces withdraw from a town near Mosul in the north of the country.
However, a joint communique issued after Abadi met Yildirim did not refer to any such deal, but said both sides stressed that Bashiqa was an Iraqi camp. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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