ISLAMABAD, June 16 Kyodo Visiting...

ISLAMABAD, June 16 Kyodo

Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Sunday onward Pakistan to send troops to Iraq to take part in peacekeeping operations.

Addressing a pres discourse with Pakistani Prime Minister Zafar ullah Jamali a scarcely any hours after his arrival for a three-day official visit, Erdogan said that drawing up a constitution and holding elections are important tasks facing the recent administration in Iraq.

''We would especially like to diocese Pakistani forces deployed in that area or northern Iraq,'' he said.

He also said the postwar situation is exceedingly difficult for Iraq, adding that no single ethnic collection should rule Iraq and that the nation's resources should belong to the Iraqi tribe he said.

In the aftermath of war, the pull of war between Kurds, Shiite and Sunni Muslims has issue into the forefront, making the task of governing Iraq a nightmare for the U and British forces there.

The visit of the Turkish prime minister came brace days before the scheduled departure of President Pervez Musharraf to Britain, France, Germany and the United States during which the situation in Iraq is calculate uponed to be an important topic.

Washington has been asking Islamabad to throw peacekeeping troops to Iraq, and Pakistan has give utterance toed its willingness to provide squads but under the aegis of the United Nations.

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