Iraq and Iran ~ Monday, Kurdistan's Barzani to Tehran tomorrow at the invitation of the Iranian leadership, followed by a visit to Turkey ...

October 23, 2011

Barzani to Tehran tomorrow at the invitation of the Iranian leadership, followed by a visit to Turkey

source revealed in Erbil, Sunday, for the Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani, the day on Monday an official visit to Iran, an official invitation from Tehran, followed by a similar visit to Turkey.

The source, who declined to be named for the "Twilight News", "Barzani is on Monday and at the invitation of an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran," he said, adding that "it is hoped to discuss Barzani with senior Iranian officials, bilateral relations between the two sides and the border problems that occur between Onah and the other because of the Iranian artillery shelling on villages in the border region and armed attacks launched by the opposition parties, the Kurdish forces in the Iranian border. "

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The source added that "Barzani will renew the official position of the Kurdistan region to reject the use of land-based platform for armed attacks on neighboring countries and the emphasis on the futility of using violence in solving the Kurdish problem and resort to dialogue to reach a peace that everyone aspires."

He added, "is scheduled to Barzani after his visit to Iran, a similar visit to the Republic of Turkey at the invitation of the Government official," adding that "Barzani will try to reassure the two countries that the region will not be a launching point for any armed group to attack them."

The Iraqi border with Iran and Turkey have been witnessing a period of several armed clashes between the opposition parties, the Kurdish and the military forces of the two countries, while the killing of 24 Turkish soldiers last week following the armed attacks of the PKK Turkish province of Hakkari on the border with the province, led to the Turkish army broke through an extensive process in which the border at a depth of several kilometers and claimed the deaths of more than 50 armed members of the PKK who confessed to the killing of 11 elements, including three field commanders.

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