The second meeting in a series of anti PKK meetings will take place in Washington today, involving authorities from the US, Turkey and Iraq. On the agenda will be a discussion of how to eliminate the PKK presence from northern Iraq. Prior to the meeting, a strong message from the US underlined that "joint efforts against the PKK will continue."

The meetings in Washington are scheduled to last for two days, and the subject of whether captured PKK members will be returned to Turkey will be discussed. High ranking members of the Turkish Foreign Ministry will be in attendance at the meeting.