The visit of a Kurdish delegation either representing the Kurdistan Regional Government or the Kurdistan Democracy Party (KDP) is not imminent, Kurdish official sources reported Wednesday.

They said Turkish press reports that a low level delegation from the KDP will visit Ankara is not true.

They said Turkey's Iraq acting coordinator Murat Ozcelik met with Kurdish officials in Duhok last week and sides agreed to conduct silent diplomacy trying to create the conditions for normalization of relations between Ankara and Eril.

They agreed to soften the atmopshere and avoid negative statements that fuels tensions.

A senior Kurdish source told The New Anatolian that if this atmopshere can be achiveed eventually contacts can start betwene the Turkish government and the Iraqi Kurds.

They said neither the visit of a Kurdish delegation nor the visit of Nechirvan Barzani is currently on the cards.