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May 9th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda “The Iraqi government welcomes any political and peaceful settlement to the Kurdish cause in Turkey to stop the bloodshed and violence between the two sides and adopt a democratic approach to end this internal struggle,” said a statement issued by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
“But at the same time … it does not accept the entry of armed groups to its territories that can be used to harm Iraq’s security and stability,” the ministry said.
The statement came one day after PKK forces started withdrawing to bases in the Iraqi mountains.
In March, the PKK announced a decision to lay down arms and leave the Turkish soil, under a deal reached in talks between jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and the Turkish government.
The refuge offer was proposed by Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), which controls the country’s north with limited independence from the central Iraqi government in Baghdad.
The prospect of additional fighters joining the Kurdish forces in Iraq’s north could add tension to its relations with Baghdad, already strained by conflict over contested areas, including key oil-producing sectors.
PKK – which began an armed struggle for a Kurdish homeland in southeastern Turkey in 1984 – is believed to have between 1,500 and 2,000 fighters on the Turkish soil, in addition to several thousand more based in northern Iraq.
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