Turkey to cooperate with Iraq, Libya against terror financing

Turkey will cooperate with Iraq and Libya to fight against the financing of terrorism and money laundering, according to the Official Gazette published.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Turkey’s Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) and Iraq’s Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) was put into force.

Terrorism will have no place in the future of the region and Iraq, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in August at an international conference in Baghdad, underlining that Turkey will never accept a PKK presence in Iraq.

The PKK terrorist organization not only poses a threat to Turkey but also to Iraq, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar also stressed.