UN welcomes Ocalan’s call on PKK to disarm, disband

UN welcomes Ocalan’s call on PKK to disarm, disband UN welcomes Ocalan’s call on the PKK to disarm, disband
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February 28, 2025 09:35
UN welcomes Ocalan’s call on PKK to disarm, disband

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the call by the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan for the group he founded over 40 years ago to lay down arms and dissolve itself to pave the way for a peace process in Türkiye, Report informs referring to Rudaw Media Network. The move offers a glimmer of hope, Guterres added.

“The Secretary-General welcomes this important development. This represents a glimmer of hope which would lead to a resolution of a long-standing conflict,” Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for Guterres, said during a press briefing. 

“This is an extremely important event and news we received today,” Dujarric told Rudaw during the event. 

“We are monitoring the situation. We are trying, obviously, to get more details on exactly the next steps. What I can tell you is that, for us, it really offers a glimmer of hope in a conflict that has been going on for so long, in which so many civilians have suffered and paid the ultimate price,” he added. 

Ocalan said in a letter, which was read out by the delegation that has visited him several times to mediate peace talks between Ankara and the PKK, that the PKK must convene and make a decision - “all groups must lay down their arms, and the PKK must dissolve itself.”

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