Kurdish rebels deny reports on Turkey withdrawal![]() January 31, 2013 - 14:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A Kurdish militant group said on Thursday, Jan 31, media reports about the withdrawal of its fighters from Turkey under a peace process to end a 28-year-old insurgency were "lies" and part of a "psychological war", Reuters reported. Turkish intelligence officials began peace talks with the jailed leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) late last year and a recent report said its guerrillas would withdraw to northern Iraq by the Kurdish new year on March 21. Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |