Iraq: Erdogan, Barzani and F-16 deal

23 April 2012

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Summary

President of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzani is said to have agreed with Turkish

PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting on 19/4/12 in Istanbul in Turkey to work together to convince Washington to postpone the delivery of 18 F-16 fighter jets to the Iraqi Air Force (IAF). The following 466-word report sheds further light on the talks between Erdogan and Barzani on the US-Iraq F-16 deal.

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