Turkish Foreign Ministry calls on Iraq to cooperate in combating the PKK

by **RamblerNash** Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:14 pm

Turkish Foreign Ministry calls on Iraq to cooperate in combating the PKK

13-08-2018 03:49 PM

Turkish Foreign Minister Mouloud Gawishoglu on Monday expressed his country's hope for active Iraqi cooperation against the PKK.

"In solidarity with our Iraqi brothers in their struggle against the Da'ash organization, the Iraqi central government has largely eliminated the organization and now the role of the struggle against the PKK has come," said Jawishoglu in a speech at the 10th Turkish ambassadors' conference in Ankara.

"We expect the Iraqi central government to cooperate effectively with Turkey, focusing on the outcome."

"Turkey has the right to legitimate defense in accordance with international law and we will continue to take all necessary steps to end the presence of the PKK, the Democratic Union Party and the People's Protection Units wherever they are," he added.

"We have shown a firm and principled stance on the illegal referendum on the independence of the Kurdistan region of Iraq that took place last year, and we see today that we are the only country that acted honestly about the administration of the Kurdish region, where the administration of the region tells us that the countries that were opposed to the referendum in front of public opinion were Encourage them to do it '.

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