Tuesday, February 20, 2007
PUK, KDP deny supporting PKK
Kurdistan, Turkey, Security, Politics
(Voices of Iraq) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) denied in a joint official statement supporting the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). "We in the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are strongly denying these groundless statements of supporting the PKK, asserting that we are looking forward to bolster ties with Turkey", the joint statement said.
"We are keen to have good and strong ties with our neighbors, as we are not interfering in other states' internal affairs", according to the statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Anatolian news agency reported last Saturday that Turkey's army chief had accused the two main Kurdish factions of supporting Turkish Kurd fighters. The statements coincided with the Iraqi Kurds' welcome to the statement made by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan on establishing good relations with Iraq's Kurdistan region.
(Voices of Iraq) Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) denied in a joint official statement supporting the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). "We in the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are strongly denying these groundless statements of supporting the PKK, asserting that we are looking forward to bolster ties with Turkey", the joint statement said.
"We are keen to have good and strong ties with our neighbors, as we are not interfering in other states' internal affairs", according to the statement received by the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI). Anatolian news agency reported last Saturday that Turkey's army chief had accused the two main Kurdish factions of supporting Turkish Kurd fighters. The statements coincided with the Iraqi Kurds' welcome to the statement made by the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan on establishing good relations with Iraq's Kurdistan region.
Labels: KDP, Kurdistan, PKK, PUK, Turkey
