No Change In Kirkuk Policy Of Turkey

ANKARA - Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday that there has been no change in Turkey's policy on the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
A statement by the Foreign Ministry said Turkey has been monitoring the atmosphere of tension in Kirkuk with a great concern.
Turkey always supported the solutions based on political consensus which would make all sections in Iraq to live together in a harmonious way, the statement said.
Turkey considered that Kirkuk should be governed by a special status in which all groups in the city would be represented in a fair and balanced way and there has been no change in the policy of Turkey, it stated.
Turkey calls on all sections in Kirkuk and Iraq to have compromise and dialogue, the statement said.
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