Bulletin de liaison et d'information - Institut kurde de Paris
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REVUE DE PRESSE-PRESS REVIEW-BERHEVOKA ÇAPÊ-RIVISTA STAMPA-DENTRO DE LA PRENSA-BASIN ÖZETi<br />
Tehran assures Ankara onfight against PKK terror<br />
Turkish<br />
Daily News<br />
ANKARA- Concerned. about escalatin&<br />
attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers<br />
Party (PKK) frpm Iranian territory, Turkey<br />
has launched a series of diplomatic initiatives<br />
aimed at Tehran and has received a positive<br />
response.<br />
. Iran has assured Turkey that it has the political<br />
will to fight against PKK terrorist activities,<br />
Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman .<br />
Omer Akbel said on Wednesday.<br />
Akbel told reporters that Mohammed Reza<br />
Bagheri, Iranian ambassador in Ankara, was<br />
summoned to the Foreign Ministry and m<strong>et</strong><br />
with Foreign Minister Erdällnönü on June 17,<br />
one day after'two terrorist attacks hit Turkish<br />
troops on the Iran-Turkey bor<strong>de</strong>r. .<br />
Inonu asked for more effective cooperation<br />
against terrorism.<br />
"On June 19 Presi<strong>de</strong>nt Süleyman Demirel<br />
sent a message to his Iranian counterpart<br />
Hashemi Rafsanjani and reiterated this<br />
re~uest," Akbel said ..<br />
'But even before Demirel's message<br />
reached Rafsanjani, the Iranian presi<strong>de</strong>nt sent<br />
a message with his. Deputy Foreign Minister<br />
Alaaddin Brujerdi to Demirel. .<br />
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ömer Akbel<br />
I<br />
, . "Rafsanjam stressed Tehran's ~olitical will<br />
to improve bilateral relations in his message," the security of both Turkey and Iran. Brujerdi<br />
he ad<strong>de</strong>d.<br />
noted that Tehran was fighting against the<br />
Brujerdi said his country consi<strong>de</strong>red the PKK and was <strong>de</strong>termined toactively support<br />
PKK as a terrorist organization threatening Turkey's struggle as well."We un<strong>de</strong>rstand<br />
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1995<br />
us: We don't support in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt.<br />
Kurdistan in northern Iraq<br />
us tells Greek Cyprus to<br />
enforce sanctions on Serbs<br />
By Ugur Alanel<br />
Turkish Daily Newss<br />
WASHINGTON- Responding to recent statements<br />
ma<strong>de</strong> to TDN by Eric Rouleau, the former<br />
'French ambassador to Turkey, to the effect that<br />
Operatiori Provi<strong>de</strong> Comfort may be helping the<br />
establishment of an in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt Kurdistan in<br />
northern Iraq, a State Department spokesmim<br />
today confirmed the administration's opposition<br />
to such an eventuality. "I am not aware that there<br />
~e any Western countries who favor an in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt<br />
state - at least none of our major allies -<br />
of Kurdistan, and that' s certainly not the direction<br />
in which our own policy is leading us,"<br />
spokesman Nicholas Burns said.<br />
Burns said, "There is no change in our policy<br />
towards Iraq or that portion of Iraq which<br />
inclu<strong>de</strong>s northern Iraq." He said the United<br />
States s~ppûrt'l' the territorial integrity of Iraq but<br />
Saddam Hussein shouldbe held accountable "for.<br />
the welfare of the people in northern Iraq." "<br />
"That's why we have consistently suppoqed<br />
Operation Provi<strong>de</strong> Comfort," Burns continued.<br />
"We were very pleased to see the Turkish government<br />
<strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong> last week that it would extend<br />
Operation Provi<strong>de</strong> Comfort. That remains OUI<br />
core. interest in northern Iraq, to provi<strong>de</strong> protec~<br />
tion for the Kurdish populations of northern Iraq,<br />
and that will remalO the basis of the Uniteil<br />
State's policy."" ,<br />
On another matter, Burns said that the administration<br />
has co~tacted the Greek ~yprio~ g~ve~-<br />
. ment conc<strong>et</strong>nlOg the commercIal actlvltles In'<br />
Cyprus of certam individuals of Russian and<br />
Serbian background that en<strong>de</strong>d up violating the<br />
U.N. sanctions on Serbia.<br />
"We're not pinninß any blame here on the government<br />
of Cyprus,' Burns was careful to point<br />
out, "it's rather directed at individuals in Cyprus<br />
who may, we think, have been involved in transp'ressions<br />
against the sanctions that are in place."<br />
"And we're .concerned about that and we're<br />
plrrsuing it with the gover~l!lef\t of Cyprus<br />
because we expect, of course, that the govem~<br />
ment of Cyprus can bring SOmeauthority to bear<br />
on these particular individuals." he condudM<br />
Turkey's sensitivity on the issue of bor<strong>de</strong>r<br />
security. We are ready to improve our cooperation<br />
andtake necessary measures on our<br />
part," the Iranian official told reporters after<br />
his official talks on Tuesday. .<br />
Meanwhile, as part of cooperation on security<br />
issues b<strong>et</strong>ween Iran and Turkey, Gulam<br />
Hussein Bulandian, Iran's <strong>de</strong>puty interior<br />
minister, visited Ankara last weck to attend a<br />
high security cominission me<strong>et</strong>ing, a mechan~sm<br />
s<strong>et</strong> up in ,1992,.b<strong>et</strong>ween the two countries.<br />
:<br />
Bulandian told his Turkish counterpart<br />
Bekir Aksoy that Tehran was ready for fuither<br />
.cooperation to combat terrorism. It was<br />
announced after the commission meçting ,.that<br />
Turkey and Iran would launch coordinated<br />
operations against PKK militants. But no<br />
<strong>de</strong>tails were gIven.<br />
Iran showed that it would not allow the<br />
issue to turn into a subject of tension with<br />
Turkey, diplomatic sources told the Turkish<br />
Daily News on Wednesday.<br />
"Iran has quickly ma<strong>de</strong> effective moves to<br />
prevent a possible crisis with Turkey. The last<br />
thing Tehran'wants the~e days is a crisis with<br />
Ankara.<br />
, Iran gave a strong message to Ankara, saying<br />
that relations With Turkeyare very important<br />
for Tehran and that it is handling the<br />
PKK issue with <strong>de</strong>termination," the sources<br />
noted. .<br />
_ Turkish Daily News<br />
PKK chief thanks<br />
Kadhafi for support<br />
Agence France Presse<br />
TRIPOLI<br />
- The lea<strong>de</strong>r of Turkey's<br />
outlawed separatist Kurdistan<br />
Workers' Party (PKK) has thanked<br />
Libyan lea<strong>de</strong>r Moamer Kadhafi for his<br />
support, the official.news agency<br />
JANA reported Wednesday.<br />
. "We are proud of your principled<br />
stand toward the cause of our people.<br />
This stand will be engr~.ved in our<br />
minds," said Abdullah Ocalan in a<br />
written message to Kadhafi.<br />
Colonel Kadhafibacked the PKK's<br />
campaign to s<strong>et</strong> up an in<strong>de</strong>pen<strong>de</strong>nt<br />
Kurdisli state, after a Turkish anny<br />
.offensive in March and April against<br />
separatist guerrilla bases 10 northern<br />
Iraq.<br />
'The Turkish operation in northern<br />
Iraq was part of a plot hatched by<br />
Western countries against the Kurds<br />
and theArab world aImed at dominatipg<br />
the peoples of the, region," wrote<br />
Ocalan." ..- .;,'<br />
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