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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Baghdad on Monday for his first state visit to Iraq since 2011. During his meetings with top Iraqi officials, Erdogan discussed water, oil, regional security, and Iraq’s Road of Development. Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani greeted Erdogan with a 21-gun salute at Baghdad’s international airport, and state television showed a marching band playing the Iraqi and Turkish national anthems. “Iraq and Turkey have signed a strategic security pact, as well as another agreement on water sharing between Iraq and Turkey,” PM Sudani said in a joint pr…

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