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As Ankara readies to work with the Iraqi administration it tried to have unseated in the last election, officials have expressed confidence that Turkey will continue to play a role in Iraq, politically and economically.
“Iraq cannot afford to turn its back on Turkey,” one diplomat familiar with Iraqi affairs told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review.
Turkey’s efforts to replace Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s administration, based on a Shiite-Kurdish coalition, with a Sunni-backed one in the March elections constituted a perhaps-unprecedented level of involvement for Ankara in a neighboring country’s domestic affairs.
Dissatisfied with al-Maliki’s tendency toward “one-man rule,” as disclosed in confidential U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Ankara pushed for a government led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s Sunni-backed al-Iraqiyya bloc. Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu is quoted as saying in one cable that al-Maliki is “getting out of control.” Officials, however, do not expect Turkey to face any negative consequences from its involvement in Iraq’s elections.
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“Iraq cannot afford to turn its back on Turkey,” one diplomat familiar with Iraqi affairs told the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review.
Turkey’s efforts to replace Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s administration, based on a Shiite-Kurdish coalition, with a Sunni-backed one in the March elections constituted a perhaps-unprecedented level of involvement for Ankara in a neighboring country’s domestic affairs.
Dissatisfied with al-Maliki’s tendency toward “one-man rule,” as disclosed in confidential U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, Ankara pushed for a government led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s Sunni-backed al-Iraqiyya bloc. Turkish Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu is quoted as saying in one cable that al-Maliki is “getting out of control.” Officials, however, do not expect Turkey to face any negative consequences from its involvement in Iraq’s elections.
read full article:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-will-continue-to-play-an-active-role-in-politics-while-tapping-on-economic-potential-2011-01-03
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