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Iraqi Kurds welcome Erdogan's statements
on Kurdistan
17.2.2007 |
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Sulaimaniyah,
Kurdistan region (Iraq), February 16, -- Iraq's
Kurdistan government welcomed on Friday statements
made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
in which he expressed his country's readiness to
develop diplomatic ties with Iraq's Kurdistan
region, Kurdistan cabinet said.
"Government of Iraq's Kurdistan region welcomes the
recent statement of Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan on his country's readiness to develop
diplomatic ties with the region, considering this as
a step towards solving all binding issues between
the two sides", according to a statement of Iraq's
Kurdistan cabinet.
"This is a positive and important move towards
realizing stability and prosperity for the two
nations", the statement added.
Erdogan had said on Wednesday that the Turkish
government could make steps to develop relations
with the Kurdish government in Kurdistan (northern
Iraq).
Turkish Premier added that this would be for the
good of the two nations.
Meanwhile, a number of Iraqi Kurdish parties
expressed comfort about Erdogan's statements,
deeming it as a step in
the right direction
VOI
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