"Turkey warns election fraud in Kirkuk
www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-25 02:52:40
ANKARA, Jan. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has warned this Sunday's elections in Iraq could be flawed due to Kurdish attempts to increase the number of voters in the oil rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Turkish private NTV reported onMonday.
A letter dated January 19 to United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan from Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul outlined Ankara's concerns over Kirkuk, saying that Kurdish groups in northern Iraq were making artificial population changes in the region.
Without naming any major Kurdish factions, Gul said that Kurds were being moved to Kirkuk ahead of the poll and that was threatening stability. "
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