Sunday, December 1, 2013

Iraq denies closing airspace to Turkish planes

Director of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority Naser al-Bandar has denied reports about closing the airspace of northern Iraq to Turkish planes.
"There is no decision to close the Iraqi airspace to Turkish planes," al-Bandar told Anadolu Agency on Saturday.

Taner Yildiz, Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister, is scheduled to visit Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region to attend a conference on oil and natural gas.
"We have an agreement to allow in the private plane of the Turkish energy minister during his visit to Iraq tomorrow," al-Bandar said.

Karim al-Nouri, spokesman of the Iraqi transportation ministry, also denied reports about the closure of Iraqi airspace to Turkish planes.
"No decision has been taken by the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority to close the airspace to Turkish planes," he said.
He went on to say that a Turkish plane took off from Baghdad on Saturday.
  • Media reports had earlier claimed that Iraqi authorities have closed the airspace of northern Iraqi to planes of Turkish officials.
The reports alleged that Iraqi officials insisted that Turkish planes must first land in Baghdad before going to Erbil.
 worldbulletin.net
30/11/13
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  1. Turkish FM on Irbil, Iran, Armenia and readmission agreement.....

    Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was on Haberturk TV on Friday evening to answer questions about the current topics on the agenda including the oil export deal with Irbil, EU-Turkey readmission agreement, relations with Armenia, and Turkey's foreign policy.

    In response to a question about how much further the Ankara-Irbil oil export deal could go without creating any concerns on the part of the central Iraqi government, Davutoglu said that he hoped that Baghdad and Irbil would make legal regulations regarding sharing of energy and resources without any problems being reflected on Turkey.

    Stressing that Turkey's biggest challenge was its requirement for more energy resources for its growing economy, Davutoglu said: "If you are planning Turkey's future, and your goal is to be among the top 10 largest economies of the world, then you need to know both your strengths and weaknesses. Our biggest strength is manpower, and our weakness is energy resources. To maximize manpower, we need visa liberalization so that people can travel freely to anywhere in the world. And to increase energy resources, you would obviously want all energy lines to lead to Turkey".............http://www.aa.com.tr/en/headline/260228--turkish-fm-on-irbil-iran-armenia-and-readmission-agreement
    7/12/13

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