A member of the Central Committee of the Syrian Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP.S) said: "It is necessary for the PKK (Kurdistan Workers'Party) to respect the Iraqi Kurdistan and leave the territory of the region and not give any excuses to Turkey and other countries to attack this region."
Turkish Defense Ministry's public relations adviser said in a statement that the Turkish Ministry of Defense supported the October 9th Baghdad-Erbil agreement on Shingal.