P.M. Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Jelal Talabani, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), yesterday. Erdogan underlined the balances which he attached importance, at the meeting.

Erdogan reminded Talabani that Turcomans did not take place in the Iraqi administration sufficiently and voiced the disturbance of Turkey on this issue. Talabani said that he felt also disturbed of that, but was not responsible of this situation.