8689 en 1 37 2008-03-03 10:35:06 - - - - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday evening that all regional states should fulfill their responsibility in the international campaign against terrorism. <br /><br /> He made the remarks while commenting on Turkey's military attacks on northern Iraq. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Turkey has recently launched a series of military air and ground attacks on northern Iraq to fight rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) who used some bases in mountains of northern Iraq as a spring-board for attacks across the border. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> Turkish aircraft attacked rebel hide-outs and ground troops clashed with Kurdish guerrillas in the area. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> However, the military operations were halted on March 1 as Ankara announced that it has achieved its goals. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> "Terrorism hurts everyone and all regional states are responsible to fight it," said President Ahmadinejad speaking after a meeting with Head of Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> The Iranian president arrived in the Iraqi capital on Sunday for landmark visit by an Iranian president since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> A ranking delegation is accompanying the president including Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki as well as ministers of energy, economy and transport and a group of Majlis deputies. <br /><br /> <br /><br /> The president said his visit aimed at consolidating bilateral friendly relations as well as cementing bilateral ties and cooperation between the two neighboring states. <br /><br /> Baghdad, March 3, IRNA 0 8725 8724 8723 8697 8696 8695 8690 8689 8688 8682 8679 8678 8669 8668 8653 8650 8652 8644 8622