Tag: Peace

• Third party needed to facilitate stalled peace process, MEPs should meet Öcalan

  

  Von 10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "THE EU, TURKEY AND THE KURDS"

  The conference believes that Turkey’s accession into the European Union will increase the possibility for a peaceful permanent solution and that such a peaceful solution can only be achieved through dialogue between the parties. However the conference notes that the current peace process is hurtling towards an impasse. The conference hopes that this impasse is overcome soon and that the peace process will be revitalised recognising that the peace is a necessary condition for negotiations and for the deepening of democracy for the peoples of Turkey.

• No Peace without Women

  Von MEPs Klute, Senyszyn, Sousa, Lochbihler, Gustafsson...

  We know that the efforts underway in Havana are enormous and that after so many years of confrontation, the task is complex. Nevertheless, we call on the players at the dialogue table to assess the possibility of calling a bilateral cease fire. Colombia should not have to mourn any longer for the victims of armed conflict. A ceasefire would be an important step in building confidence in the peace process, and in showing results and positive changes for civilians living in conflict zones.

• EU set to put Kurdish issue higher on agenda

  Von HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS

  “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.