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Mahmoud Othman: Closing PKK headquarters
in Iraq is wrong
20.8.2006 |
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Kurdistan, Iraq,
-- Mahmoud Othman, Kurdistan Alliance member of the
Iraqi National Assembly, said that the decision of
the government to close PKK headquarters in Iraq is
wrong, a local media reported.
“Turkey does not recognize the right of 20 million
Kurds in Turkish
Kurdistan and that is why it is unacceptable that we
should close PKK headquarters on the request of the
Turkish government,” Othman insisted.
“The Iraqi government should have sought the opinion
of the KRG and Iraqi National Assembly prior to
making this decision, because this issue has a
special relevance for the Kurds.” |
Dr. Mahmoud Othman |
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“Whilst it is true that Ankara, for the purposes of
maintaining the integrity of the Turkish-Iraqi
border, should discuss the PKK issue with the Iraqi
government, they must also discuss it with the
Kurdistan Regional Government, because that
particular part of the border belongs to the
Kurdistan Region.”
Othman called on Kurdish officials not to support
the Iraqi government’s decision regarding PKK.
Meanwhile, the Finish Foreign Minister, which
currently holds the presidency of the European
Union, stated that Turkey should not resort to
military action in dealing with the PKK operating
from within the Kurdistan Region.
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