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Hurriyet

Iraq’s vice president arrived Turkey on Saturday to discuss the fight against the terror organization, PKK, with high-level Turkish officials.

Tariq al-Hashimi’s visit comes ahead of Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s visit scheduled next week. 

Hashimi and his delegation met with President Abdullah Gul and officials from the Turkish Foreign Ministry in Ankara. Hashimi would hold talks with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul.

Turkey has started to hold direct contacts with the regional administration, withdrawing its position to reject dialogue with Irbil who was accused by Ankara of supporting PKK.

U.S., Turkish and Iraqi officials in November agreed to form a joint committee to combat the PKK after holding three-way talks in Baghdad as part of efforts to boost cooperation against the terrorists.

Turkey, provided with intelligence by the United States, has stepped up its campaign to crackdown on the PKK both inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, after the terror organization increased its attacks on Turkish soldiers, as well as civilians.

The diplomatic contacts between Turkey and Iraq are expected to be intensified in the near term. Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari is also expected to pay a visit to Ankara

Source: arama.hurriyet.com.tr/arsivnews.aspx?id=10610952