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Turkey: Negotiation with Kurdistan Govt.
does not mean a recognition of an independent
Kurdistan
23.2.2007 |
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February 23, 2007
ANKARA, February 22, -- Turkish foreign
minister Abdullah Gul said Thursday the partition of
Iraq would pave way for endless "bloody wars" in the
region, noting that establishing a Kurdish state in
Northern Iraq was "a mere imagination."
"Establishing an independent Kurdish state in
Northern Iraq ... is a mere imagination and distant
from reality specially that the Kurdish leaders
realize how impossible is that," Gul said in an
interview with the Turkish Channel Seven.
The Turkish government's proposal to meet
representatives of the Kurdistan government does not
mean a recognition of an independent Kurdistan
region in Northern Iraq.
"Why we refuse the establishment of a Kurdish state
in the North of Iraq, the reason is clear, we are
against the partition of Iraq because this will
trigger endless wars in the region," explained Gul. |
Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul |
The partition of Iraq will spark a civil war which
will force neighboring countries to intervene
"whether they like it or not," said Gul and noted
that the Americans realize this fact very well.
Gul said Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and
President of the Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani,
both Kurds, should talk "with us" over
Kurdish-related issues.
The Turkish foreign minister expressed grave concern
that ethnic and sectarian massacres would prevail in
Iraq.
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