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Davutoğlu visits wounded Iraqis, vows more support
Turkey also condemned the attacks, which targeted mostly government buildings. Iraq's Foreign Ministry, one of the main targets, was badly damaged in the wave of explosions. More than 100 people were killed in the explosions, which took place in six spots, and more than 500 people were wounded. Davutoğlu said President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan have phoned their Iraqi counterparts to express their condolences following the attacks.
Davutoğlu spoke with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who Davutoğlu said asked Turkey to offer treatment to some of the wounded. Twenty-six wounded Iraqis were then flown to Turkey and sent to Ankara's Atatürk Hospital for treatment. The wounded Iraqis are accompanied by a 20-member group of relatives.
“Turkey, by all means, stands by Iraq because we are closely concerned with the future of Iraq,” Davutoğlu, accompanied by his wife, Sare, said during his hospital visit yesterday. “The wellbeing of each and every Iraqi citizen is as important to us as the wellbeing of our own citizens.” Davutoğlu promised that Turkey would continue to help Iraqis “irrespective of what their ethnicity or religion or sect is” because humanitarian assistance is one of the main principles of Turkish foreign policy.
Turkey has provided medical care to hundreds of Iraqis injured in insurgent attacks in recent days near the northern city of Mosul, which the US military has called the last urban stronghold of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Photos:
 Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu kisses the hand of an elderly patient at a hospital in Ankara as he pays a visit to Iraqis wounded in a wave of blasts that hit Baghdad last week.  Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu pays a visit to Iraqis wounded in a wave of blasts that hit Baghdad last week.  Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu pays a visit to Iraqis wounded in a wave of blasts that hit Baghdad last week.  Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu pays a visit to Iraqis wounded in a wave of blasts that hit Baghdad last week.  Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu pays a visit to Iraqis wounded in a wave of blasts that hit Baghdad last week. |
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