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Turkey, Iraq to sign agreement to combat terror

By Xinhua

Ankara : Turkey and Iraq reached consensus on details of an agreement aiming to combat terror and will sign it Thursday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday.

Interior Minister Besir Atalay held a 90-minute-long talk in the Turkish capital of Ankara with his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bulani, who arrived here Tuesday, on the agreement to join forces in fight against the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK).

Iraqi interior ministry undersecretary Aydin Khalid was quoted as saying that no problem remains regarding the agreement and that it will be signed Thursday.