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Ralston: Kurdish PKK issue should be
solved only through peaceful methods
7.2.2007
By Husnu Mahalli
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February 7, 2007
US Special Envoy for countering PKK rebels Joseph
Ralston came to Ankara again. What’s more, he came
not from Baghdad, but from Erbil, that is, the
capital of the Kurdistan Federated Region.
However, we were told that Ralston was supposed to
work to coordinate between Washington, Baghdad and
Ankara. Even Shirvan Vaili got his marching orders
from the Iraqi government. Just like Ralston, he was
appointed special envoy for countering PKK. But
Ralston and Turkey’s Special Envoy Edip Baser
couldn’t meet with Vaili.
Instead, during his latest visit to Erbil, Ralston
met with Kerim Sincari, who was appointed by the
Kurdish regional government. In other words, Ralston
is discussing the PKK issue directly with Kurds.
When Ralston was in Erbil, I keep an eye on the
Kurdish TV channels, newspapers and websites. |
Massoud Barzani, President of Kurdistan Region
(Iraq) (R), U.S Retired Gen. Joseph Ralston (L) |
According to all of them, Ralston is the American
coordinator on the ‘PKK and Kurds in Turkey.’
According to these reports, Ralston and Barzani
agree that the PKK and the Kurdish issue should be
solved only through dialogue and peaceful methods.
In other words, Turkey should sit at the table with
the Kurdish PKK rebels and solve its own Kurdish
issue. We don’t know whom Ralston met with or how he
met with them in Erbil, but everybody knows that
Americans have close relations with PKK members in
Kandil. In sum, neither Washington nor Ralston want
to solve the PKK issue right now.
According to Washington, the PKK issue can be solved
only with one condition: if the Justice and
Development (AKP) government accepts all the
regional designs of the US. Maybe the Americans
won’t come out and say this, but probably they will
give certain signs to Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul
and the chief of General Staff to this effect.
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