Al-Zaydi calls for a comprehensive agreement with Türkiye on water and urges its companies to invest in Iraq.
Al-Zaydi calls for a comprehensive agreement with Türkiye on water and urges its companies to invest in Iraq.
2026-10-17
Shafaq News – Baghdad
On Saturday, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zubaidi called for a comprehensive agreement with Turkey on water issues and for the implementation of the development road project, stressing Iraq’s keenness to establish the best relations with Ankara and make it an important economic partner.
This came during Al-Zaidi’s reception of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his accompanying delegation, where the two sides discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen joint cooperation in various fields, especially the water file and activating the agreements and memoranda of understanding signed in this regard, according to a statement issued by his office and received by Shafaq News Agency.
Al-Zaydi stressed the importance of concluding a comprehensive agreement in the field of water, calling on Turkish companies to invest in Iraq through the available investment opportunities, and emphasizing that the government will work to provide the possible facilities to ensure the success of their work.
The meeting also addressed the security file, with emphasis on forming a joint operations room to address a number of security issues, as well as discussing mechanisms to expand cooperation in the industrial sector and enhance trade exchange in a way that serves the interests of the people of both countries.
For his part, Fidan conveyed to Al-Zaidi the greetings of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and offered congratulations on the completion of the cabinet formation and Iraq’s assumption of the presidency of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
The Turkish Foreign Minister affirmed his country’s keenness to strengthen relations and expand the horizons of bilateral cooperation, stressing the need to follow up on the implementation of previous agreements and memoranda of understanding, especially those related to the Development Road project, given its strategic importance in promoting economic and trade integration and achieving the interests of the two countries and the peoples of the region.
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