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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu stressed the importance of ties with Iraq, which he termed Ankara's gateway to the Gulf, on a historic visit to Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday. Massoud Barzani, the president of Iraq's federated northern region, meanwhile praised Turkey for its "courageous" efforts to end its conflict with Turkish Kurdish rebels with rear bases in his region.

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