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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

'PKK major hurdle to Turkey-Iraq ties'

"'PKK major hurdle to Turkey-Iraq ties'
Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:35AM
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech at the house of the Iraqi parliament during his visit to Baghdad on March 28, 2011.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a major obstacle to further expansion of ties between Ankara and Baghdad.

'The main obstacle to stronger ties is a terror organization that has bases in the north... I wish that we fight this terrorist organization together,' AFP quoted Erdogan as telling Iraqi legislators in the capital Baghdad on Monday. "

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