UN Welcomes PKK Disarmament

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UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric

The United Nations welcomed the start of the Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) disarmament process.

"I can tell you that we very much welcome the operationalisation of the agreement, at least the first step of the operationalisation," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference.

His remarks came after a group of 30 PKK guerillas, including senior officials, laid down their weapons on Friday and destroyed them in a ceremony at the Jasana Cave, in Sulaymaniyah.  

"We hope that it will encourage further steps towards lasting peace in the region," Dujarric said, adding the UN's readiness to "support this in any way that we can, should we be asked."



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