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Turkey wants Iraq to designate PKK a ‘terrorist’ organisation: Top diplomat

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks with the media after a meeting with Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, in Baghdad, Iraq, August 22, 2023 [Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters]

Turkey expects the government in Iraq to officially recognise the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or the PKK, as a “terrorist” organisation, mirroring Ankara and its Western allies, its foreign minister says.

Turkey’s top diplomat, Hakan Fidan, was in Baghdad on Tuesday on his first official visit since taking office.

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