Sep 17, 2011, 5:54 PM

No Iran-Turkey joint operation against PJAK, PKK: ambassador

No Iran-Turkey joint operation against PJAK, PKK: ambassador

TEHRAN, Sept. 17 (MNA) – The Iranian Ambassador to Turkey, Bahman Hosseinpour, has dismissed claims that Tehran and Ankara plan to launch a joint operation against PJAK (the Party for a Free Life in Kurdistan) and the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers’ Party), ISNA reported on Saturday.

The terrorist groups of PJAK and PKK keep irritating Iran and Turkey, and therefore the two countries can launch “organized” operations against the groups, but organized operations do not mean joint operations, Hosseinpour told reporters after his recent meeting with Turkish Parliament speaker Cemil Cicek.

Enormous damages have been inflicted upon Iran and Turkey during their fights against the terrorists, and thus the two countries can cooperate (on this matter), he added.

Turkish media reported recently that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said that Iran and Turkey may launch a joint operation against the PKK.

MJH/PA
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MNA

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