Ibrahim al-Jaafari

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari is paying a visit to Turkey from May 3-4 in order to attend the Turkish-Iraqi joint Economic Commission (KEK) meeting.

Romania, as a country that has been on Iraq's side in the fight against Daesh, "has every right" to participate in the reconstruction of Iraq, visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Eshaiker Al-Jaafari told a joint news conference with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Melescanu on Thursday, in Bucharest.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu is set to pay an official visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Aug. 23 in order to lay grounds for a scheduled visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to Turkey. 

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on Thursday received Iraq's FM Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, expressing the hope the country would soon establish peace and stability in its entire territory, which he said would be a major impetus to improving Serbia-Iraq economic ties.

Turkish Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz will shortly pay a visit to Baghdad upon a consensus reached with Iraqi Foreign Minister ?brahim al-Jaafari, Turkey's top diplomat has said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Cavu?o?lu has welcomed the lifting of sanctions on neighboring Iran after the recent nuclear deal, saying it will contribute to the regional economy and will have a direct positive impact on Turkey. 

However, Çavu?o?lu also called on Tehran to revise its regional policies and "abandon sectarian politics." 

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met his Iraqi counterpart Haidar al-Abadi in Baghdad Nov. 20, as long-strained ties between the two countries improve.

Davutoğlu was given an official welcome at the main palace in the heavily fortified Green Zone, after which he held talks with Abadi, the Iraqi premier's office said, without providing further details.

A senior Iraqi official has expressed the new Iraqi government’s intention to demand the money collected in a Turkish bank over the Kurdistan regional government’s unilateral sale of oil through Turkey that sparked a row between Ankara and Baghdad during Nouri al-Maliki’s rule.

Iraq’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibrahim al-Jaafari was in Ankara for the last two days. This has been the first high level official visit since the relations between Turkey and Iraq froze during Nouri al-Maliki’s Prime Ministry. Hence, his message was quite critical.

Turkey and Iraq vowed to leave their sour past behind them and rejuvenate their relations during an official visit to Ankara by Iraq’s foreign minister.