ANKARA - ''Iraqi administrators will be chosen by the Iraqi people. Iraqi Vice President Ibrahim al-Jaafari, who is running for Prime Ministry, is an experienced statesman knowing Turkey well,'' Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesman Namik Tan said on Wednesday.
Recalling that al-Jaafari visited Turkey between Dec. 1st and 3rd, 2004, Tan said he then met Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and had fruitful talks with them.