ISPI: Iraq is caught between domestic and regional challenges, 27 APRIL

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ISPI: Iraq is caught between domestic and regional challenges, 27 APRIL

ISPI: Iraq is caught between domestic and regional challenges
Erdoğan’s visit to Baghdad and Erbil on April 22nd has once again placed the spotlight on Iraq, a country grappling with both regional and domestic challenges. Against the backdrop of deepening neighborly cooperation, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid and Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani received the Turkish President, marking the first visit in over a decade. While Baghdad intends to elevate diplomatic relations with Turkey to address shared energy, water and security concerns, behind Ankara’s willingness to mend ties with Iraq mainly lays the goal of weakening the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Erdoğan’s visit also included a meeting with the President of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Nechirvan Barzani, and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)’s Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani, signaling Turkey’s interest in helping Baghdad solve controversies with the KRI. These include unaddressed oil disputes that still very much shape Baghdad’s relations with the KRG, which, in addition to having drastically cut off oil exports to Turkey, is increasingly suffering from the erosion of the KRI’s autonomy by the Tehran-influenced Baghdad’s government.
In fact, Baghdad’s proximity to the Islamic Republic, is putting Iraq in an uneasy situation even at the regional...for read more: https://dinarevaluation.blogspot.com/2024/04/ispi-iraq-is-caught-between-domestic.html