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The two-hour meeting was held in a positive atmosphere, said delegation head and
He said the Turkish side delivered its demands from the regional administration against the PKK, but did not elaborate these. Â
The Turkish delegation later met Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in
"We are ashamed that the terrorist organization PKK uses Iraqi land," Maliki was quoted as saying by the Anatolian Agency. He said everything necessary must be done to end the terrorist activities by the PKK.
Turkish officials had previously held talks with the Kurdish administration. The sides had cut a deal in a similar meeting in May in
According to the agreement, the Kurdish officials are expected to change their rhetoric on PKK and
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The Turkish delegation was expected to pile pressure on Barzani in Tuesday's meeting for realizing the second and third terms agreed in May.
 GREATER RESTRICTION OF PKK The sources said the regional Kurdish administration has been obliged to take some concrete steps due to the increasing number of PKK attacks, and added these steps would lead to a decline in the effectiveness of the terrorist organization in the region. Â
After the measures that would be taken following Tuesday’s meeting, the PKK would not be able to operate as comfortably as it has in the past, political sources in northern
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FIRST MEETING WITH BARZANI
"This is the first meeting between Barzani and the Turkish delegation," Barzani's office chief Foaad Hussein told AFP before the meeting, adding the problems with the PKK would be discussed.
Turkish warplanes have stepped up air strikes against PKK hideouts across the border in
Turkish President Abdullah Gul is also expected to pay a visit to the neighboring country in the coming weeks, accepting an invitation from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd.
Following the first contact between Turkish and Iraqi Kurdish officials, which was held after another PKK attack late in 2007, the northern
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