KDP Official Nechirvan Barzani to Have Meetings in Ankara 

Oct 22, 2001
Ankara - Turkish Daily News 
SAADET ORUC 

Nechirvan Barzani, a top member of the Massoud Barzani-led Kurdistan Democratic
Party (KDP) arrived in Ankara late on Sunday for meetings with the top Turkish
diplomats on Monday. 

Barzani, the nephew of the KDP leader, was in Tehran for few weeks prior to his
arrival in Ankara. 

Barzani will be received by Ugur Ziyal, undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry and will
attend talks with the Middle East department of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. 

Barzani will be travelling to Europe after completing his one-day-long talks in Ankara. 

Recently there has been tension between the KDP and Turkish officials, especially
with the remarks by senior Turkish officials accusing the KDP. 

State Minister Abdulhaluk Cay's televised words accusing the KDP of being brigands
trying to establish a Kurdish state, was condemned by the KDP on Friday in a public
statement and among the Turkish Foreign Ministry. 

Refusing the allegations, the KDP stated that for 50 years they have been struggling
for the rights of the Kurds in Iraq, with means which are far from terrorism. 
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