Fight against PKK and Turkish-Israeli relations discussed between Obama and Erdogan

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the U.S. President Barack Obama stressed the favor of the tripartite mechanism to fight the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) between Iraq, Turkey and the U.S.during a meeting in Toronto.

Iranian nuclear program, Israel's attack on the flotilla, carrying humanitarian aid the Gaza Strip and the subsequent events were also discussed at the meeting. Relations between Turkey and Israel were also touched upon. Turkish side pointed out, that it demands Israel to apologize, pay compensation and lift the Gaza Strip's blockade. On its part, U.S. will continue to contribute to solving the problems between Israel and Turkey.


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