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August 24th, 2011 03:07 pm · Posted in NEWS (Iraq & World Currency)
24/08/2011 17:45 Baghdad, Aug. 24 (AKnews) – Iraq, Turkey and the United States have agreed to create a tripartite committee to find a solution that will see the end of the Turkish air strikes and satisfy Turkey that the PKK will not find a haven in Iraq, a member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee said today
Sami al-Askari told AKnews that the committee was agreed upon after initial meetings between the tree sides
“Iraq wants a diplomatic solution to the Turkish shelling because it is the only way forward. Iraq’s role in the Committee will focus on helping the United States and Turkey to provide support to reveal the hideouts of PKK in Iraqi territory,” he said.
“The parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee hopes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have wider role in addressing external problems and speed up resolving them with regional countries.”
The Government and the President of the Kurdistan region condemned the Turkish shelling and called for it to stop “immediately” as it was “inconsistent with international norms” but the Iraqi government has not taken a position in this regard.
Turkish planes and artillery have hit 352 sites within Iraqi Kurdistan since Wednesday. The Turkish government says the attacks are aimed at destroying the PKK bases in the mountains, but civilians have also paid the price, with seven deaths and many displaced.
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24/08/2011 17:45 Baghdad, Aug. 24 (AKnews) – Iraq, Turkey and the United States have agreed to create a tripartite committee to find a solution that will see the end of the Turkish air strikes and satisfy Turkey that the PKK will not find a haven in Iraq, a member of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee said today
Sami al-Askari told AKnews that the committee was agreed upon after initial meetings between the tree sides
“Iraq wants a diplomatic solution to the Turkish shelling because it is the only way forward. Iraq’s role in the Committee will focus on helping the United States and Turkey to provide support to reveal the hideouts of PKK in Iraqi territory,” he said.
“The parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee hopes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have wider role in addressing external problems and speed up resolving them with regional countries.”
The Government and the President of the Kurdistan region condemned the Turkish shelling and called for it to stop “immediately” as it was “inconsistent with international norms” but the Iraqi government has not taken a position in this regard.
Turkish planes and artillery have hit 352 sites within Iraqi Kurdistan since Wednesday. The Turkish government says the attacks are aimed at destroying the PKK bases in the mountains, but civilians have also paid the price, with seven deaths and many displaced.
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