Turkish foreign minister arrives in Baghdad

Baghdad, August 11:Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Baghdad Tuesday for a day of talks expected to focus on boosting Turkish-Iraqi cooperation on trade and water resources.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari greeted Davutoglu at the airport, Turkey’s Anatolia News Agency reported.

Davutoglu is scheduled to meet: Iyad al-Samarrai, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament; Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdel-Mahdi; and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. He is to return to Turkey Tuesday evening

—Agencies