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| UK to curb EU-based firms who funds PKK - Straw |
| 2007-11-25 |
| British Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw said in Istanbul Saturday London would exert efforts to cease activities of companies working in the European Union (EU) and were offering financial support for outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Straw, lecturing in a university in Istanbul about "Turkey and the EU - cooperation to strengthen security and prosperity," said Britain would continue backing Turkey in its fight against PKK's terrorist actions. The British official, who arrived in Ankara yesterday and met with Foreign Minister Ali Babacan and Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Sahin before heading to Istanbul, said Britain was not in favor of seeing the north of Iraq as a base for PKK. He said Britain is in constant contact with EU countries to stop companies and organizations funding PKK, said Straw. There is a solid cooperation between Turkey and Britain in the fight against crime and narcotics, said Straw. |
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