Iraqi Kurds advocated an end to the conflict between the PKK and Turkey

The authorities of Iraqi Kurdistan support the peace initiative aimed at ending the long-standing armed confrontation between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Daban Shadala, deputy minister of foreign relations of the Kurdistan government, told Izvestia.

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"Our Kurdistan government supports the peace process in Turkey. We consider it positive. It has a very good impact on us. Some of the PKK forces are near our borders. We will benefit economically, socially, and security wise if the PKK and Turkey resolve the problems. Therefore, we are fully involved in the peace process," he said.

According to Shadala, stabilization on the Turkish-Kurdish track could lead to an influx of investment, a revival of trade and a reduction of tensions in the border areas.

"This is good for the Kurds in Turkey as well. Kurdish rights will be guaranteed through a democratic and parliamentary method, not through guns and killing each other," the diplomat said.

Earlier, the PKK, recognized as a terrorist organization in Turkey, announced its self-dissolution and said it was shifting from armed methods of struggle to democratic ones. The conflict between Turkey and the PKK has been going on since 1984.

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