PanARMENIAN.Net
U.S. called on Turkey for political solution to PKK problem
15.12.2007 13:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The United States wants a political solution, and
not a military one, for the problem posed by the outlawed Kurdistan
Workers’ Party (PKK) inside both Turkey and Iraq, a senior
U.S. official said.
Speaking at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a think
tank here, Ambassador Dell Dailey, the State Department’s coordinator
for counter-terrorism, was asked if the PKK problem could be resolved
militarily or if a political solution should be sought. "We have not
looked at a military solution as the solution to the PKK. Our
preference is a political solution," Dailey said.
Asked if his remarks were for the international problem caused by the
PKK’s presence in northern Iraq or for a solution in Turkey, he said:
`Both in Iraq and in Turkey.’
This was the first time a senior U.S. official in on-the-record
remarks urged Turkey to find a political solution to its PKK problem,
although Dailey did not elaborate on the elements of this political
solution, the Turkish Daily News reports.