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Iraqi Kurdistan denies cooperating with PJAK

ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency

1390/05/04
07-26-2011
15:20:18
News Code :9005-03229

TEHRAN (ISNA) - Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) envoy in Iran Nazem Dabbagh said Kurdistan's region has not given permission to PJAK terrorist group to remain in borders.

"Iraqi Kurdistan region has neither allowed PJAK group to remain in borders, nor cooperated with the group," Dabbagh told ISNA.

He stressed mutual cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kurdistan region to establish peace in the region and that, "we do not support PJAK presence in Iranian and Iraqi shared borders and its terrorist attempts. We have witnessed long-run armed moves of PJAK and PKK against Iran and Turkey had go nowhere."

He then referred to PJAK presence in Iran-Iraq border areas and said, "Iraqi Kurdistan region has neither worked with the group, nor has allowed the network to remain in border areas."

As to Kurdistan's region measures to confront the terrorist group, he said, "we have declared, we lack military power to prevent terror attempts of the group or expelit."



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