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British member of parliament calls for
debate on Turkey’s vote
20.10.2007
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October 20, 2007
LONDON, UK, -- Mr Dave Anderson, the UK
Member of Parliament for Blaydon, on Friday, in the
House of Commons expressed his deep concern about
Turkey’s recent vote authorising a military
incursion into the Kurdistan Region in Iraq.
The Turkish parliament Wednesday approved a motion
authorizing military strikes for a one-year period
against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which
uses bases in border mountains in Kurdistan
'northern Iraq' for attacks on targets across the
border in Turkey.
The Labour MP called for a debate on the current
situation in Kurdistan by tabling an Early day
motion (EDM). He asked fellow MPs to back his motion
that the House of Commons “deplores Turkish shelling
of villages inside the Kurdistan Region in Iraq on
the Iraq-Turkey border…is deeply concerned that a
Turkish incursion could jeopordise the economy of
the Kurdistan Region, the most secure and prosperous
part of Iraq where Turkish trade and investment has
been instrumental to economic growth”. |
Mr Dave Anderson, the UK Member of Parliament for
Blaydon |
Mr Anderson also noted that the Kurdistan Regional
Government (KRG) seeks no conflict with Turkey and
considers friendly relations with Turkey its top
priority. He said he believed that problems and
disagreements should be solved through diplomacy and
dialogue based on the principle of non-interference
in the affairs of others, rather than threats of
military force.
The MP for Blaydon stressed that he deplored recent
terrorist attacks in Turkey and supported mediation
with Iraq to find a comprehensive political
solution. He hoped that other UK MPs would sign his
motion over the next few days to indicate that they
share his concerns about a possible Turkish
incursion.
Mr Anderson is a member of Labour Friends of Iraq,
which supports democracy and labour rights for all
Iraqis. In 2006 he led a Labour Friends of Iraq
fact-finding mission to the Kurdistan Region, where
he met many Kurdish and Iraqi trade unionists.
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