"US, Turkey review touchy Iraq, Mideast issues
AFP: 1/3/2005
ANKARA, Jan 3 (AFP) - US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Monday reviewed touchy regional issues that have led to coolness between the two countries, including Iraq and the Middle East.
The presence in northern Iraq of an estimated 5,000 armed militants of the PKK, held responsible by Ankara for a 15-year civil conflict that claimed more than 30,000 lives in southeast Turkey between 1984 and 1999, is one of several reasons for recent coolness in ties between Ankara and Washington. "
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