Iraqi Kurdistan security chief says military
means offer no solution
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Iraqi Kurdistan security chief says military means offer no solution 25.10.2007
October
25, 2007
Erbil-Hewler, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq', -- In
an interview with Al-Jazeera English Television on
Tuesday, Masrour Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional
Government’s (KRG) Head of Security and the chief of
Iraq's Kurdistan region intelligence agency, said
that the PKK cannot achieve anything through
violence and armed struggle, and that the PKK should
hold talks with Turkey to solve the ongoing problem.
He was speaking in reaction to the Turkish
parliament’s vote last week allowing the Turkish
government to carry out military operations in the
Kurdistan Region in Iraq against PKK fighters in the
mountainous border area.
Mr.Barzani said, “This is a political problem,
it’s not a military problem, and it will not be
solved by military operations”.
When asked about the possibility of Turkish covert
operations inside the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, he
said that the KRG is opposed to the violation of
Iraqi sovereignty. He added that PKK fighters are in
a remote and isolated area that is very hard for
anyone to reach and tackle militarily.
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Barzani, The chief of Iraq's Kurdistan region
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He stressed that the KRG wants good relations with
Turkey, but did not want to be dragged into a
Turkish internal problem that has existed for
decades. He said, “This is an ongoing internal
problem between Turkey and its own citizens. We will
not allow anyone to drag us into this internal
problem, and hope that Turkey doesn’t export its own
problems into our Region."
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