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turkish daily news - Mondoy. D(!('(!I1/!J(!r 20. /993
Barzani:
PKK bases
moved from
Bekaa to N. Iraq
Iraqi Kurdish leader threatens to
use force if necessary to oust
PKKfrom the retgion Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani
Turkish Dailv Nell's
ANKARA- The bases ûf ihe ûutlawed Kurdistan
Wûrkers' Party (PKK), which used to. be in the
Syrian-cûntrolled Bekaa
to. Nûrthern Iraq, Iraqi
Valley,
Kurdish
have nûw mûved
leader Massûud
Barzani said Sunday.
Barzani said in an interview with the al-Hayat
daily that he believed abûut 1000 militants ûf the
ûrganizatiûn had cûme to. Nûrthern
Anatûlia news agency repûrted frûm
Iraq, the
Cairo.. He
added that the PKK wûuld be cûnsidered as having
viûlated alreviûus agreement between the ûrganizatiûn
an the Iraqi Kurdish peshmergas if they
mûve their bases there.
. Nevertheless. "they have mûved their bases to.
Zeli in nûrthern Iraq. The military maneuvers are
carried ûut there," he said, adding that they were
nût cûncerned with this ûrganizatiûn's activities in
Turkey but their activities in Nûrthern Iraq was
anûther matter.
"They see themselves as an alternative to. the
Nûrthern Iraqi administratiûn," Barzani said.
He added that he had had a meeting with a
Turkish delegatiûn that was chaired by a special
eilVûy ûf Prime Minister Tansu Çiller.
The Kurdish peshmergas had carried ûut an
ûperatiûn the search the bûrder regiûn between Iraq
and Turkey three weeks ago. but annûunced that a group ûf armed militia ûn the HQ ûf the 24
they fûund no.Turkish presence. Bngade ûf the Kurdish Regiûnal Gûvernment uni-
A week later, Turkey launched an air raid in the tied Peshmerga defence fûrce, .
regiûn, which was cnticized by the Iraqi kurds,. .Bûth parlles agreed to. cûntrûl the security situwho.
claimed that nût PKK but Iraqi Kurd civilians atiûn jûintly and resûlve all ûutstanding issues in a
were killed by the attack. spirit ûf bro~erhûûd and cooperatiûn. It was also.
Barzani tûld al-Hayat that he received a message agreed to.regulate the bearing ûf anns by law.
frûm Çiller. in which she said Turkey wûuld cûm- .• The implem~ntatiûn ûf all resûlutiûns that
pensate fûr the damage caused by the raid and take were reached between the leadership ûf. the two.
precautiûns that it dûes nût happen in the future. parties and the decisiûns reached by the dialûgue
"We have to. stûp the PKK, which ûnly has cûmmittee ûf the two. political bureaus.
insubstantial actiVIty in ûur regiûn," he said, .Bûth parties pleâge to. unify their practical
adding that the peshmergas wûuld use fûrce if nec- pûlicies ûver all majûr Issues affecting the Kurdish
essary to. prevent PKK infiltratiûn into. the regiûn. mûvement in general, regiûnal pûwers and anned
In a related develoEment, Barzani and Patriûtic militias in IraqI Kurdistan.
Uniûn ûf Kurdistan (PUK) Leader 1alal Talabani .The establishment ûf an eight member jûint
held a jûint meeting in Erbil Saturday. leadership cûuncil between the two. parties which
They discussed the current secunty situatiûn in will include Barzani and Talabani, the Speaker ûf
nûrthern Iraq and the arrangement ûf a lûng-term the Kurdish Assembly, the head ûf the regiûnal
strategic agreement that wûuld cûnsûlidate cû- gûvernment and two. ûther leadinf members ûf
ûperatlOn between the two. parties and strengthen each ûrganizatiûn, The new cûunci willlead the
Kurdish unity. . Kurdish mûvement in Iraqi Kurdistan.
At the end ûf the meeting a statement including. .Bûth si~es recûg~ized the need ûf a jûint polithe
fûllûwing pûints was released:
cy and a umtied posItIOn to. promûte the mterest ûf
.The meetmg addressed the security situatiûn in Kurdish mûvement and preserve the Kurdish
Kurdish tûwns and discussed the circumstances ûf Assembly and the regiûnal gûvernment in a spirit
recent viûlent incidents that fûllûwed the attack by ûf partnership.
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