Al-Hakim holds pre-polls talks with Turkish leaders

By: Sultan Ahmed

ANKARA, Turkey: Head of Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq Sayyed Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim held pre-election talks with Turkish leaders in Ankara on Tuesday.

During talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gül, Al-Hakim shared Ankara’s concerns over a possible delay of local elections slated to take place simultaneously with the parliamentary elections in Kirkuk, an oil-rich city in the north with an ethnically mixed population.

Al-Hakim arrived in Turkey on Monday after wrapping up talks in the Syrian capital city of Damascus.

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