Erdogan: Turkey, Iran discuss joint action against the PKK

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the briefing, which was broadcast on haberturk tv channel, said that he had discussed with the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces for the possible joint operation against members of the banned in Turkey, "The kurdistan workers 'party" (pkk). As transfers RIA Novosti, the head of the general staff of the Iranian armed forces mohammad baqeri visited Turkey on a visit last week. It was the first military meeting at such a high level in the history of relations between Turkey and the islamic republic of Iran. Joint issue with Iran operations against terrorist groups is always on the agenda. Two of the heads of the general staff (Turkey and Iran ) has discussed this issue, how to implement it. The operation from the diplomatic point of view – we discussed this with the Iranian chief of staff.

Efforts will continue, as the terrorists of the pkk has a branch in Iran – pjak (party for free life in kurdistan ). These organizations hurt both the Iranians and us — Erdogan said after the resumption in Turkey in july 2015 the armed conflict with the pkk in attacks by kurdish rebels killed more than 900 military and police officers and over 300 civilians. According to the ministry of defence of Turkey, during this period, security forces neutralized more than 10 thousand members of the pkk.