Babacan: "The Northern Iraqi administration must take a clear stance against the terrorist PKK"

Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said yesterday that the northern Iraqi administration must take a clearer stance and concrete steps against the terrorist PKK. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with his visiting Laotian counterpart Thongloune Sisoulith, Babacan said that prospects for dialogue between the northern Iraqi administration and Turkey depend on the administration's stance on the PKK. Babacan added that Ankara's European Union harmonization reforms would continue decisively.