Turkey threatens to sever electricity supply to northern Iraq

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Turkey threatens to sever electricity supply to northern Iraq

Istanbul- Turkey has warned Iraqi President Jalal Talabani y that it would sever electricity and fuel supplies to northern Iraq if Baghdad did not adopt any measures against the illegal Kurdish group PKK in the region, the Turkish news channel NTV reported Friday.

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told the US television channel PBS that it could paralyse public life in northern Iraq, the report said.

Gul was responding to remarks by Talabani on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to Turkish media reports, Talabani had warned Turkey and neighbouring countries not to interfere in Iraq's domestic affairs, coupled with the threat that Iraq would otherwise support opposition powers in those countries.