Iraqi, Turkish leaders in talks

ANKARA - Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Tareq Aziz, visited Turkey yesterday and told foreign powers to keep out of their mutual…

ANKARA - Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Tareq Aziz, visited Turkey yesterday and told foreign powers to keep out of their mutual affairs.

He later held talks with the Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Necmettin Erbakan. But in Baghdad, the official Iraqi news agency INA said Iraq had protested to the UN against what it termed "violations of Iraq's airspace and territory by Turkish troops".

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