Thursday, June 11, 2009

Defense: Turkey, Iraq sign military cooperation accord

Xinhua reports Turkey and Iraq signed a preliminary accord on military cooperation, the Turkish military said in a statement published on its website Wednesday.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the Turkish capital of Ankara by Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff Gen. Hasan Igsiz and his Iraqi counterpart Nasier Abadi, the army said in the statement.

Proceedings for the MoU, which envisages cooperation on military training and technical issues, had been going on for over a year, it added.

Ankara has sought close ties with Baghdad to enlist Iraqi support against the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), whose members use northern Iraq as a base for launching attacks in Turkey.
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