EU set to put Kurdish issue higher on agenda

February 5th, 2013
HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS

A recent initiative by the Turkish government, the final aim of which is the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), will be the key topic of a debate tomorrow at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. (...)

“The European Parliament is observing the newly started peace process in Turkey and welcomes the initiative,” Jürgen Klute, a member of the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left in the European Parliament, told the Hürriyet Daily News on the phone yesterday. (...) “In order to come to a political solution, a method that can build trust and confidence is needed at this crucial moment. Both sides must agree on the way forward, the agenda for negotiations and parties to be included." (...)

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