Kurdish Regional Government agrees to cooperate with Turkey
Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, on behalf of KRG President Masoud Barzani agreed to help eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) military in the Kandil mountains, World Tribune reported.
Barzani has been preparing to delineate a corridor to enable Turkish military operations in northern Iraq.
"First, the PKK would be offered a deal to lay down its weapons and be integrated into a regional defense architecture," the official said. "If they refuse, then Turkey could expect Iraqi help in finding and eliminating the terrorists."
Officials said Barzani has established contact with the leadership of the PKK, believed to have about 2,500 fighters in northern Iraq. According to the source,they said the KRG president urged the Kurdish fighters to surrender their weapons and join the Kurdish security forces on a temporary basis.
Officials said Turkey did not believe that the PKK would lay down its weapons.