February 16, 2008 - 14:25 AMT
Washington doesn't possess information on PKK bases in Karabakh
Washington is ready to discuss the possible presence of PKK rebels' facilities in Azerbaijan, said Jonathan Henick, public affairs officer at the U.S. Embassy in Baku.

"We have little data concerning PKK activities in Azerbaijan. But if our Azeri counterparts show interest in the topic we are ready to discuss it," he said, adding that the issue was considered at a meeting of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Counterterrorism Frank C. Urbancic and Azeri Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov in Baku.

"PKK terrorists may have fled to other territories after the strikes in Iraq. But we don't possess any information about it," the diplomat said.

Earlier, Turkish Show TV with a reference to sources in the Israeli intelligence reported that PKK rebels base in Fizuli and Lachin regions.