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Baghdad Pledges Support To Turkey Against PKK
Submitted by Newsbyte on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 10:05.
Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) - The governments of Turkey and Iraq on Tuesday reached an agreement to cooperate in dealing the problem of the Kurdish PKK rebels in Northern Iraq which has been launching attacks inside Turkey. Turkey and Iraq reached the agreement after Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan arrived in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad to meet with key leaders of Baghdad to find ways of resolving the crisis. Bababan said his government has agreed to pursue the problem through diplomatic means. At the same time, Turkey has rejected offers by the PKK of a ceasefire saying Ankara will not deal with "terrorist organization." The Turkish top envoy made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari after their talks over the crisis on the two countries' borders caused by the PKK rebels. He said a ceasefire could only be reached between two countries or two armies but not with a terror group. The Turkish parliament has approved a measure to conduct cross-border attacks against PKK in northern Iraq amid growing public pressure and the military. Ankara, the U.S. and the European Union considers the PKK as a terrorist group. On Sunday, PKK militants captured several Turkish troops and killed 12 troopers during a raid. Turkish military has confirmed that eight of its soldiers remain unaccounted after the attack. Babacan said Turkey would exhaust other means before launching cross-border military strike against PKK to avoid embarrassing and offending Iraq. The U.S. has also advised Turkey against launching cross-border military action into Iraqi border. "There are political dialogue, diplomacy, economic and cultural tools as well as military measures," he said after talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. "We do not want to sacrifice our cultural and economic relations with Iraq..." For his part, Zebari said Baghdad would actively help Turkey deal with the PKK "menace." "We agreed that the position we should take is a common position to fight terrorism wherever it is and we will not allow any party or any group, including the PKK to poison our bilateral relations," he said. QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION: Why do you think there are examples of this type of rebel terrorism in various countries around the world? How significant is it that two neighboring countries are working together against the PKK? What is the difference between this type of terrorist group and the group that attacked the U.S. in 2001? Source: |
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