Daily News: Ankara, Washington and the Kurds establish joint committee
Iraq-Turkey, Politics, 1/1/2003

The leader of the Kurdistani National Federation has unveiled that Turkish officials agreed to found a joint committee with the Iraqi Kurds and the USA to coordinate policies in case a Gulf war erupts in the region.

Al-Talibani added in an exclusive interview with the Turkish daily Daily News that Ankara, Washington and the Kurds will discuss means of cooperations and coordination, before, during and after any likely American operation against Iraq.

The Kurdish leader also indicated that Turkey will permit leaders of the Iraqi opposition to move to northern Iraq through the Turkish lands to attend the opposition meeting which will be held on Januray 14th, a meeting which is the first of its kind on a part of a liberated Iraq.

Worthy mentioning that al-Talibani left Ankara on December 29th, 2002 following a several day visit to Turkey during which he had met with the Turkish prime minister Abdullah Ghoule and several Turkish foreign ministry's officials and officials at the Turkish general intelligence department.

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