Cooperation and counter-terrorism had been on the agenda in a cellphone name on Tuesday between Türkiye‘s president and Iraq‘s prime minister.
Türkiye “believes that bilateral and regional cooperation will further enhance in all fields in the coming period,” Türkiye’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan informed neighboring Iraq’s Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, in line with an announcement by the Turkish Communications Directorate.
Underlining that for Türkiye, Iraq’s peace, stability, and territorial integrity had been as vital as its personal, Erdoğan pointed to the necessity to “end the existence of the PKK terrorist organization in Iraq for the country’s national security interests.”
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK-listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the U.S., and the EU-has been chargeable for the deaths of over 40,000 individuals, together with girls, kids, and infants.
Ankara has been finishing up a number of anti-terror offensives in northern Iraq to root out terrorists who cover in these areas and plot cross-border assaults on Türkiye.
