  Öcalan Urges Kurds to Reconciliation with TurkeySeptember 28, 2006 - 19:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is in a Turkish prison at present, urged activists of the Kurdish Working Party (KWP) to announced ceasing hostilities against official Ankara, reports AFP referring to a source, close to Kurdish separatists. «The KWP should not use arms, except cases it is actively attacked in order to kill,» Öcalan writes in a message.Having been indicted for terrorism, the KWP leader also noted the importance of arranging the democratic union between Turks and Kurds. «With the start of that process a way for diplomatic dialogue will open,» Öcalan is sure. We remind that the Kurdish separatist leader is serving a life sentence in a prison on Imarli Island.   Top stories 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. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot".   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.€3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms.Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |
