A Turkish delegation will go to northern Iraq on Tuesday to bring back 10 Turkish officials kidnapped by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said Monday.

The delegation includes three deputies from pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), the president of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUM-DER) and the head of the BDP's southeastern Diyarbakirprovincial branch, the minister told reporters.

The latest development comes amidst ongoing peace talks between the government and the PKK as part of the government's latest move to disarm the PKK.

At a recent meeting with Kurdish politicians from the BDP, jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan signaled that the PKK may release the kidnapped officials.



Soran Ali