The United States reiterated on Wednesday its call for Turkey to show restraint as Turkish forces took aim at Kurdish rebels operating in northern Iraq.
"We are concerned about the continuing skirmishes that are happening up there, and terrorist attacks that are being launched by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) against the Turks," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.
"We continue to urge both sides to exercise restraint -- meaning the Iraqis and the Turks -- in terms of escalating tensions between the two countries," she said.
Perino emphasized that both Turkey and Iraq "agree that the common problem and the common enemy is the PKK, the terrorist organization."
Asked whether the White House regarded Turkish airstrikes along the Turkey-Iraq border as an escalation of the conflict, Perino replied: "I have not heard it characterized it that way."
It was reported that Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked the positions of Kurdish rebels along the Iraqi-Turkish border on Wednesday.
"We are concerned about the continuing skirmishes that are happening up there, and terrorist attacks that are being launched by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) against the Turks," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters.
"We continue to urge both sides to exercise restraint -- meaning the Iraqis and the Turks -- in terms of escalating tensions between the two countries," she said.
Perino emphasized that both Turkey and Iraq "agree that the common problem and the common enemy is the PKK, the terrorist organization."
Asked whether the White House regarded Turkish airstrikes along the Turkey-Iraq border as an escalation of the conflict, Perino replied: "I have not heard it characterized it that way."
It was reported that Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships attacked the positions of Kurdish rebels along the Iraqi-Turkish border on Wednesday.
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