KEY POINTS:
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government urged Turkey to seek a diplomatic solution to ending attacks by Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq.
"The Iraqi government calls on the Turkish government to pursue a diplomatic solution and not a military solution to solve the (problem) of terrorist attacks which our dear neighbour Turkey has witnessed from the PKK," Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told Reuters.
Turkey's cabinet asked parliament on Monday for permission to launch cross-border operations against the separatists, who use the mountainous region as a base for attacks in Turkey.
- REUTERS
