US to Accept Kurdish Militant Leaders in Peace Bid, Anadolu Says
“As of yesterday, 47 years of terrorist scourge has come to an end,” Erdogan told members of his AK Party in Ankara on Saturday.
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The US would allow Kurdish militant leaders in Syria and Turkey to resettle in America if doing so would help support their groups’ transition from armed struggle to civilian life, a top diplomat said.
Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and its Syrian affiliate, the YPG, should act swiftly to pursue integration and avoid confrontation with the governments in Ankara and Damascus, according to Tom Barrack, the US ambassador for Turkey and special envoy to Syria, as cited by Anadolu Agency on Saturday.