Turkey hopes for a regional alliance to prevent the emergence of a Kurdish state
- KurdishMedia.com - By Welat Lezgin
- 26/07/2004 00:00:00
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to visit Iran to suggest the formation of an alliance between Turkey, Iran and Syria to prevent the emergence of an independent Kurdish state.
London (KurdishMedia.com) 26 July 2004: The Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is due to travel to Iran tomorrow to hold talks with top Iranian officials.
During talks, Erdogan is expected to put across the message: "The partitioning of Iraq will damage us all. We can prevent the emergence of an independent Kurdistan by creating an alliance."
During his visit in Tehran, Erdogan is expected to meet the Iranian President Mohammed Hatemi as well as other top officials, and discuss economic and political issues. However, the issue at the top of the agenda is expected to be the issue of south Kurdistan.
It is reported that the Turkish PM will suggest to Iranian officials an alliance between Turkey, Iran and Syria in order to together prevent the emergence of an independent Kurdish state in south Kurdistan.
Erdogan is also to inform Tehran of his recent meeting with the Syrian Prime Minister El-Naci Otari and their "full agreement" on the issue of acting together to protect Iraq’s territorial integrity.
Erdogan is expected to emphasise the point that if Iraq’s territorial integrity is not protected then tensions will emerge that will damage all the neighbouring countries.
Furthermore, the Turkish PM is to add the argument that the concerned countries need to develop a common policy in relation to the possibility of the break-up of Iraq.
Erdogan is also to note that Syria is of the same opinion with Turkey on the "threat posed by a Kurdish state" and that this alliance will be greatly strengthened with the support of Iran.
Finally, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to express his satisfaction over Iranian operations against Kurdistan People’s Congress (Kongra-Gel) and ask for the organisation to be declared as a "terrorist organisation" and expelled from the region. Iran is expected to respond positively to Turkey’s demands.
- KurdishMedia.com - By Welat Lezgin
- 26/07/2004 00:00:00