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PKK should lay down arms before crossing
the border: Turkish PM
30.3.2013 |
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Erdogan strongly rejects
the claims that the jailed Kurdish leader Öcalan
could be freed or moved to house detention
March 30, 2013
ANKARA,— Speaking on CNN Türk on Friday night
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said PKK
militants withdrawing from Turkey will have to lay
down their arms before crossing the border. This, he
addeed, to prevent further confrontation.
Erdoğan added that "perhaps these militants will go
to Iraq, perhaps to Syria, or perhaps to Europe,
particularly the Scandinavian countries. I cannot
know that. What’s important to me is peace in my
country. The thing I know is that when they go, the
atmosphere of my country will change when we realize
the economic boom in the east of the country”.
The prime minister insisted that the BDP "is
perceived as the political affiliation of the
terrorist organization. To overcome this - he added
- arms have to be laid down and the struggle has to
be made in politics”.
He went on strongly denying claims that the jailed
Kurdish leader Öcalan could be freed or moved to
house detention.
Meanwhile the Turkish General Staff announced flying
US-made drones over Iraqi Kurdistan to observe PKK
party members.
In a statement, reported by Anatolia News Agency, it
added that an agreement was signed on 4 November,
2011, with the United States, during its withdrawal
from Iraq, to use the drones to meet Turkish
intelligence needs.
It was disclosed that there are four US drones in
Turkey that may make similar flights in future.
The Turkish forces
fired artillery
shells into Iraqi Kurdistan region last Thursday,
apparently in a bid to intimidate Kurdistan Workers'
Party PKK rebels with whom Ankara is in peace talks, AFP
reported.
The shelling came days after jailed Kurdish rebel
chief Abdullah Ocalan made a ceasefire call in a
move that raised hopes of an end to a three-decade
conflict that has cost thousands of lives.
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