In the coming days there will be a stepping up of contacts between Ankara and the Iraqi Kurdish administration, Babacan told a press conference in the capital. These contacts could occur at various diplomatic levels, he said.
Turkey has a policy framework of improving dialogue and relations with every group in Iraq, the Foreign Minister said.
“There have been different views and different approaches between Turkey and the administration in northern Iraq regarding to the terror organization, the PKK,” he said. “However in the coming days you may expect an increase in the contacts with the administration in northern Iraq on different levels.”
It was important to develop a closer dialogue with the Iraqi Kurds in respect to fighting the terrorist organization the PKK and also for Turkey’s economic relations and energy cooperation with Iraq as a whole, said Babacan.
