Iraqi PM to visit Ankara

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will arrive in Ankara tomorrow for official talks with Turkish officials. Maliki will be received by President Abdullah Gul and meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as Foreign Minister Ali Babacan. Ankara will reportedly urge Maliki to implement the decisions made at a recent tripartite meeting among the US, Turkey and Iraq in Baghdad and take concrete measures against the terrorist PKK, saying that otherwise military operations against the terrorist group will continue.