Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday that Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu had met with Iraqi government spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh who visited Ankara as a special envoy for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

The statement said Davutoglu and al-Dabbagh discussed ongoing efforts to form a new Iraqi government, adding that al-Dabbagh also conveyed to the top Turkish diplomat a message from the Iraqi premier.

The statement said Davutoglu met on Thursday with Hammam Hammudi, a senior member of Iraq's Supreme Islamic Council in the United Iraqi Alliance.

Davutoglu is set to meet on Tuesday with Ibrahim Jaafari, former Iraqi prime minister.


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