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"Turkey receives Talbani as Kurdish leader, not Iraq's president"
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"Turkey receives Talbani as Kurdish leader, not Iraq's president"



Mar 9, 2008, 14:10 GMT


Baghdad - Kurdish newspapers Sunday condemned as 'improper' the reception of Iraqi president Jalal Talabani in Turkey, where he was officially welcomed without the Iraqi national anthem being played or a red carpet being laid on.
Talabani was received by the Turkish president Abdullah Gul and his prime minister as a Kurdish leader, not as the president of Iraq, the Kurdish Hawlaty newspaper said.
It added that Turkish army leaders did not welcome Talabani to the country, which prompted Gul to describe the visit as a 'working visit' not a state one.
Another Kurdish paper called Holier said that the official ceremony to receive Talabani did not meet the common etiquette standards applied to welcoming presidents of states.
Talabani began an official visit to Ankara Friday, a week after the end of a major Turkish offensive aimed at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
During his visit, he promised Turkish leaders that he would take action against the banned Kurdish Workers Party
The battle against the PKK required closer co-ordination between Ankara, Washington and Baghdad, Talabani said Saturday.

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