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Turkey and Iran to Cooperate Against PKK

Posted by NorAm Intel Group on October 21, 2011

Iran has agreed to help Turkey fight Kurdish rebels in Northern Iraq. The decision made by senior officials on both sides, shows that Ankara’s recent decision to move away from Tehran in favor of greater Western alignment might have been premature.

The foreign ministers of the two countries announced plans to cooperate against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its Iranian wing, the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) during a joint news conference held in Ankara on Friday.

“From now on, we will work together in a joint action plan until this terrorist threat is totally eliminated,” Ahmet Davutoglu, the Turkish foreign minister, said.
Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian foreign minister, said he will seek more cooperation with Turkey against the fighters near their shared border. He said the PKK and PJAK were “common problems” for both countries.

Davutoglu’s statement came as Turkish jets kept up bombing raids on Kurdish fighter bases, taking off from Diyarbakir, the regional capital of the mainly Kurdish southeast.
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