IRBIL, March 1 (KUNA) -- The Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) invited Turkey on
Saturday to hold talks to resolve their differences, while President of Iraq's
Kurdistan Region Masud Barzani expressed readiness to actively contribute to
finding a peaceful solution to the problem.
In a statement, the PKK said, "We express our readiness to seek a peaceful
solution to the issue of Kurds in Turkey through mediation by the government of
Iraq's Kurdish Region, and we support the Region's call for establishing
dialogue." Previous experiences and recent battles have proven that the only
solution is to hold talks and to exercise diplomacy in resolving issues, it
added.
On his part, Barzani expressed in a statement his readiness to "actively
participate" in finding a peaceful solution to the PKK-Turkish problem, which he
hoped would "end violence in the region and build better relations of
cooperation and consolidate security and stability for our people."
