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215043
Mon, 11/14/2011 - 15:16
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We conduct intense talks to end presence of terror organization in Iraq, says Turkish FM
ANKARA (A.A) - November 14, 2011 - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday that they conducted intense talks with the central Iraqi government as well as with the regional administration in north of Iraq in order to end the presence of the terrorist organization PKK in Iraq.
Speaking to the Turkish Parliamentary Budget Committee on the 2012 budget of his ministry, Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey would continue to increase pressure on Iraqi authorities in order to end PKK's presence and activities in Iraq.
Touching on the United States' plan to withdraw from Iraq, Davutoglu said that Turkey would not permit a power vacuum in Iraq once American troops leave this country.