Izražavajući spremnost vlasti iračkih Kurda na razgovore s Ankarom, Falah Bakir, direktor ureda za vanjske poslove kurdske regionalne vlade u Iraku je međutim izjavio da spor sa PKK ne predstavlja domaće pitanje.
Expressing the Iraqi Kurd authorities' readiness to talk with Ankara, Falah Bakir, director of the office of foreign relations of the Kurdish regional government in Iraq, said however that the dispute with the PKK is not a domestic issue.