Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to visit Baghdad on Sunday, January 26,2025 The visit is particularly timely as both Türkiye and Iraq have been working to improve bilateral ties within the framework of regional challenges. The diplomatic sources told Daily Sabah that as part of his visit to Baghdad, Fidan will hold meetings with some senior officials in the country.
Fidan is scheduled to speak with Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani, Speaker of the Iraqi House of Representatives Muhammed el-Meshedani and Deputy Prime Ministry and Foreign Affairs Fuad Hussein during his visit. The meetings also highlight the importance of Turkey-Iraq relations are an indicator that a group-tactic will help to address common challenges.
The talks are expected to discuss a host of issues, with particular emphasis on Türkiye-Iraq bilateral relations and recent developments in the region. Discussions will probably be overlaid with the implications of recent conflicts and geopolitical shifts, much reflecting developments in the Middle East.
Fidan’s trip seeks to capitalize on the momentum created by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s momentous visit to Iraq on April 22, 2024. Under Fidan’s administration, Erdogan and Iraqi officials during that trip set up the basis for several cooperation mechanisms, now ready to be put into practice. Based on a good agenda that promotes stability and cooperation, the Turkish Foreign Minister is expected to show Turkey’s dedication to enhancing relationships with Iraq.
Conversations will revolve around how Türkiye supports the Iraq government’s attempts to reduce external dangers. Understanding the possible consequences this conflict might have on Iraq’s stability, Fidan is to guarantee Iraqi authorities that Türkiye is strongly opposed to Israel’s offensive in the region. Moreover, the Turkish Foreign Minister will highlight the need of regional security and speak on the current events in Syria.
The sessions will also discuss the possibilities of starting positive interaction between the new administrations of Iraq and Syria. Fidan is probably going to point out how developing decent neighborly ties might greatly help both countries, therefore overall helping the Middle East to be more stable and wealthy. Improving security and economic cooperation, according to the Turkish government, will not only fortify bilateral relationships but also establish a more suitable environment for solving more general regional problems.
In the past few years Relations between Türkiye and Iraq are more complex. Security collaboration with trade connections and regional balance form the basis of the relationship between these two nations. The two countries maintain collaboration which extends from stopping terror attacks to governing their shared water resources specifically the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Consequently dialogue and shared management became increasingly pressing.
Before his upcoming visit the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains hopeful expectations regarding possible results from these discussions. Through improved institutional structure Turkey seeks to establish Iraq as an influential alliance partner which can address internal plus external obstacles.
Hakan Fidan’s upcoming journey to Baghdad promises to be an important moment in the active conversation between Türkiye and Iraq. These nations improve their bilateral ties while addressing media conflicts and territory disputes so the upcoming meeting shows warning signs of increased intensity leading to combined cooperation between both nations and beyond. But the wider Middle East region also benefits. The diplomatic world closely follows all conversations happening during these meetings. All parties hope to achieve constructive developments leading to improved regional stability and increased peace in this area.
