Talabani denounces The ethnic Cleansing
Gulan Dec28, 2001
In a speech delivered at the opening ceremony of a Kurdish phone company
in Sulemani on Tuesday, PUK-leader, Jalal Talabani, denounced, in his words,
“the ethnic cleansing” of the Kurdish people in Kirkuk and Khanqin areas
and said, “Kurds have never been against dialogue with the central government
in Baghdad but Kirkuk is nonnegotiable… Kirkuk is Jerusalem of the Kurds.”
Mr Talabani also said that his party considers Kurdistan a part of Iraq
and Kurds of Iraq see themselves as Iraqis but this should also mean that
Kurds must be accepted as partners in a future government in Baghdad. |
