Iran is prepared to work with Turkey to combat the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), the private NTV reported on Tuesday.

In an exclusive interview with NTV, Iranian Interior Minister Abdulvahid Musavi Lari said, "There is no PKK camp in Iran and we have fully prevented it."

"We do not support the relationship between the (Iraqi) Kurdish federation and the PKK in northern Iraq," said Lari, who is attending the second meeting of interior ministers of Iraq's neighboring countries in Istanbul.

Turkey has claimed in the past that Iran allowed the PKK to have bases inside its territory and Tehran provided logistical support to the terror group.

Lari said that they are ready to help since they believe that instability in neighboring Turkey would also affect Iran.

The PKK, with several thousand militants, has recently launched a series of attacks in Turkey, targeting railways and security forces.

The group has been fighting a guerrilla war with Turkish forces since 1984.

After PKK commander Abdullah Ocalan was captured in 1999, violence was subdued significantly. But it has been on the rise since the group called off a unilateral ceasefire in 2004.

The Turkish government refuses to negotiate with the PKK, deeming it a terror organization.

Source: Xinhua