Turkey slams EU for 'supporting' Kurdish rebelsOctober 29, 2007 - 13:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged European Union countries on Saturday to extradite Kurdish rebels to Turkey, saying they were failing to support Turkey's struggle."No EU country has extradited members of the PKK to Turkey, despite labeling it as a terrorist organization," Erdogan said. "We would like to see our friends beside us in this struggle," he said. Meanwhile, Iraqi officials - including the defense minister - returned home Saturday after talks in Ankara on Friday failed to produce any breakthroughs. Turkey has demanded the extradition of PKK leaders, and CNN-Turk television, citing unidentified Iraqi officials, said Ankara is seeking a total of 153 PKK members. On the streets of Irbil, in the Kurdish controlled north of Iraq, residents scoffed at the Turkish proposals, the Associated Press reports. 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 | Police try to impede Armenian Church head’s access to war memorial Police tried to stop the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, from visiting a war memorial. Greece says ready to help as Armenia fights flooding consequences Greece is ready to assist Armenia in combatting the consequences of deadly floods in the country’s north. “He will leave”: Protest leader no longer demands meeting with Pashinyan Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan no longer demands a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan. |