ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 18 (AFP): Iraq's regional Kurdish government called Thursday for direct talks with Ankara after the Turkish parliament authorised a military incursion into their territory to crack down on rebel fighters.
"The KRG welcomes direct dialogue with Ankara on all issues of common interest or concern, including the PKK," the Kurdistan Regional Government said, referring to the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
"An incursion would be detrimental to all Iraq, to Turkey and the Middle East," the autonomous administration said in a statement on its website.
Implicitly denouncing the actions of the PKK, which has bases in northern Iraq, the Kurdish authorities in Arbil condemned "the killing of innocent people in Turkey," and said violence did not solve any problems.
Iraqi Kurds call for direct talks with Ankara
FE Team | Published: October 19, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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