The presence of Kurdish rebels in the north is "unacceptable", Iraq's foreign minister said on Thursday, but he stopped short of offering a solution, as Turkey warned its patience had run out, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
"The presence of PKK elements in mountainous areas is not legitimate under the Iraqi Constitution," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told reporters in the Turkish capital Ankara during an official visit.
"This is unacceptable," he added.
But the problem of the Kurdish Workers' Party could only be resolved through "good-neighbourly relations" between Turkey and Iraq, he added.
Iraqi minister slams Kurdish rebels
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