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US Pentagon Touts 'Progress' Between Turkey, Iraq Govts
AFP
WASHINGTON - Recent talks between Ankara and Baghdad on finding a " broader" solution to the problem posed by rebel Kurdish forces in northern Iraq have made progress, a senior U.S. military officer said Friday.
General Richard Sherlock said there has been "more and more dialogue going between the Turkish government and the Iraqi government" on the role of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, after Turkish forces launched retaliatory strikes against the PKK.
"I think there has been a lot of progress, not just only on the military side, the progress has also been a dialogue recognizing that this needs a broader solution," Sherlock told a news conference.
"I think there is an improved line of communication both between us and Turkey and also...between the government of Turkey and Iraq," he said.
Washington was working to support the talks, and "there is a growing acceptance on the part of the governments of Turkey and Iraq that these are issues, and that needs to be dealt with now," the general said.
He also said Baghdad had "taken some positive steps to restrict the PKK, their financing, their movements."
Turkey launched military action against PKK forces earlier this month inside Iraq after parliament gave the green light for intervention in October.
Washington has pressed Turkey, angered over cross-border attacks by PKK units based in Iraq, to refrain from military action and pushed for a diplomatic solution to the tensions.
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