The handover of weapons by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq, following its decision to disband, should be completed within a few months, a spokeperson for Turkey's ruling AK Party said late on Wednesday.

The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq is expected to give up its weapons within a few months following its decision to dissolve.

While the PKK has announced its dissolution and intention to stop fighting, clashes continue in Iraqi Kurdistan between Kurdish guerrillas and the Turkish army. Turkish forces seek to neutralise the PKK's extensive tunnel network in the Gara Mountains – a war unfolding in a remote region,