Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan asked today, Sunday, by his Iraqi counterpart Faund Hussein To characterize Baghdad the Kurdish organization PKK terrorist organization.

Last year, Iraq, after pressure from Turkey, had outlawed the PKK in the country’s territory, but had not been described as a terrorist organization. Members of the PKK, which has been taking armed action against Turkey for more than 40 years, have found refuge in northern Iraq, where Turkish Armed Forces are constantly conducting military operations.

Fidan’s visit to Baghdad was held in the wake of the murder on January 24, two Iraqi border guards in Dohauk, Close to the border with Turkey. Ankara blames responsibility for the attack on the PKK. “It is clear that the PKK terrorist organization is a common threat to both Turkey and Iraq’s national security and that it violates Iraq’s sovereignty. This last attack has once again revealed the real face of the terrorist organization, “the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

In Baghdad today, the Turkish Foreign Minister said after his meeting with his Iraqi counterpart that “the PKK terrorist organization violates Iraq’s sovereignty and is a serious threat to its national security” and argued that “PKK aims to both Turkey’s target. , as well as Iraq and Syria. “

“For the future of our region and the prosperity of our peoples, we must take a joint struggle against terrorism. We need to combine all our means and eliminate both the Islamic State and the PKK. Our ultimate Iraqi expectation is to recognize the PKK as a terrorist organization, which has already been outlawed. In our talks today we have examined this issue, “Hakan Fidan stressed.

The head of Turkish diplomacy attempted to mediate the restoration of channels between Baghdad and Damascus. “The strong links between Iraq and Syria will be very beneficial to both these two countries and our region,” he said, expressing the wish of Ankara “to create close relations between Iraq and the new government in Syria” .

For developments in Gauze He pointed out the need to “be permanent to be a truce and end Israel’s aggressive policy”.

On his part, the Iraqi Foreign Ministerhe also confirmed that one of the issues discussed at today’s meeting was developments in the region, especially those in Syria.

“There is consensus between the two countries and concerned what should happen in Syria. We also discussed the issue of security today. We discussed what we can do with the new Syrian government on the Islamic State and border security, “Faund Hussein said, announcing that there will be new contacts between the two countries.

On the agenda Fidan and Hussein The plan of the so-called Development Road, the commercial corridor that will start from Basra in the Persian Gulf and ends in Turkey, the alternative Turkish proposal to the IMEC (Economic-East East-Europe).

The Turkish Foreign Minister said that “this project offers a very valuable and sustainable opportunity to cooperate for our region on the basis of regional property and the approach of Win-Win. Today, we also discussed the steps to be taken to implement the project. “