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Talabani: Kurds have right to
self-determination
1.11.2006 |
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Paris, November
1, -– Self-determination is the right of the Kurdish
people and they exercised their rights by electing
their Parliament in federal Iraq, Kurdish leader and
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told French daily Le
Figaro in an interview published on Tuesday.
Iraqi President Talabani, who embarks on an official
visit to France today, expressed his hope that there
will be agreement among Iraqi government and
regional governments on recent controversy on the
share of oil incomes, adding that the oil resources
are operated by regional governments and the central
government.
On the discussions about a U.S. troop withdrawal,
Talabani said that in Iraq there is a consensus
among political forces that an immediate withdrawal
would have catastrophic results for their country,
as well as the Middle East and the entire world.
He said that the international coalition will only
withdraw when Iraqi security forces are ready to
take over on their own the challenge of maintaining
law and order, adding that international splits
should not rebound on Iraq. |
Iraqi
President : Jalal Talabani, a Kurd
Photo: Military |
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Discussions should focus "not on the drawing up of a
timetable for withdrawing American troops but on the
goals that should be set for Iraqi forces so that
they may continue to take over security in the
regions," he said.
Talabani also said that Iraqi political leaders
understood violence was not an option and so civil
war can be avoided.
Foreign terrorists allied to groups linked to former
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein are in part to blame for
the daily violence in Iraq, he added.
The Iraqi leader also said that al-Qaeda was on the
decline and that Sunni tribes in the Anbar province
had started fighting the group, which had received
support from pro-Saddam groups and unnamed foreign
forces.
In related news, Le Figaro reported yesterday that
France will open a diplomatic representative office
in semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region in northern
Iraq.
According to the daily, Talabani expressed his
appreciation for the opening the office.
Talabani is expected to meet President Jacques
Chirac today during his official visit to France.
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