The Kurdish militant group PKK (Kurdistan Staff’ Occasion) has introduced its resolution to disband and disarm, in a transfer in the direction of ending its decades-long battle with Turkey.
The historic resolution, which goals to finish 4 a long time of armed battle through which tens of hundreds of individuals had been killed, was introduced by Firat Information Company, a media outlet near the PKK.
In February this 12 months, its chief Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned since 1999 on an island close to Istanbul, urged the group to fulfill and formally determine to disband.
The PKK has introduced a unlitateral ceasefire on 1 March, however solely below situations, one in all which was the creation of a brand new authorized framework for peace negotiations.
Listed as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies, the PKK’s insurgency in Turkey started in 1984.
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