The Region’s Minister of Interior affirms Erbil’s support for the peace process in Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party laying down its arms, warning against moving forward with security files without consulting the Regional Government.
The Minister of Interior of the Kurdistan Region, Rebar Ahmed, criticized Baghdad for concluding an agreement with Ankara regarding the withdrawal of Turkish forces from the bases where they are stationed inside Iraq, without involving the Regional Government in the discussions. He stressed that previous experiences have demonstrated the difficulty of succeeding in such files in the absence of joint coordination.
In a statement to journalists in Erbil on Tuesday, Ahmed said that the Kurdistan Region was not a party to the agreement reached between Ankara and Baghdad regarding the evacuation of the Zilkan camp by Turkish forces. He expressed the regional leadership’s disappointment over this, particularly given that the camp is located behind the rear lines of the Peshmerga forces.
The Minister of Interior added that “previous experiences have proven that proceeding with such files without consultation and coordination with the Regional Government will not achieve success.”
Regarding the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) file, Ahmed emphasized that “the party’s presence in the Region was essentially illegal, and they should not have been present in Kurdistan.”
Ahmed reiterated the Kurdistan Region leadership’s stance supporting the peace process in Turkey and the PKK laying down its arms to Ankara, with the aim of ending military operations and chaos on the Region’s borders.
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