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| Iraq |
| Kurdish PM vows to block militants attacks |
| 2008-05-28 |
| (AKI) - Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani says his administration will adopt more measures to stop the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK from using bases in northern Iraq to attack Turkey. Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, told Turkish reporters in Washington that his administration was determined to prevent the region from being used for attacks against Turkey. According to the Turkish daily, The New Anatolian, he said Iraqi Kurdish leaders attached great importance to their recent meeting with Turkish officials and expressed hope that contact would continue. "Turkey's demand --asking our territory not to be used against Turkey-- is a just and righteous one," Barzani told reporters. Barzani said they expected the Kirkuk issue to be resolved in line with the related article of the Iraqi constitution on the referendum and for the United Nations to make new suggestions on the issue. The referendum on Kirkuk which was opposed by Turkey and scheduled to take place on December 2007 according to the Iraqi constitution, was postponed for six months with a proposal by the UN. |
| Posted by:Fred |