Turkey, Iraq agree on opening second border gate - Turkish customs minister

Turkey, Iraq agree on opening second border gate - Turkish customs minister
Thu Oct 26, 2017 11:26:36

Turkey and Iraq have agreed to open a second border gate and its construction will begin once the necessary security measures are taken, Turkey's customs minister said on Thursday.

(reuters) -- "I had the impression that the Iraqi government agrees that there should be a second border gate", Bulent Tufenkci told Anadolu news agency.

He said the planned gate would be near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, in a region where Isis and Kurdish PKK militants still pose a security threat. "Once steps are taken to secure the path, there is no other obstacle for us," he said.

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