Ankara: Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Haibat al-Halbousi, and Speaker of the Turkish Parliament, Numan Kurtulmus, chaired joint talks between their respective parliamentary delegations in Ankara on Tuesday. Al-Halbousi’s media office stated that the talks addressed several issues of mutual interest, including strengthening parliamentary cooperation, activating friendship committees, and developing cooperation and coordinating positions on shared issues in international forums.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the discussions covered a number of files of common interest, including the Strategic Development Road project, as well as files related to the oil, water, energy, security, counter-terrorism, trade, investment, and development projects between the two countries.

Both sides emphasized the importance of continuing dialogue and coordination between the two parliaments, supporting joint agreements and understandings, and following up on their implementation, in order to enhance strategic cooperation between the two countries.