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HDP’s Meral Danis Bestas (seated) signs a book of memorandum at the grave of PUK founder Jalal Talabani in Sulaimani on September 27, 2021. Photo: handout/HDP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A delegation from Turkey’s main pro-Kurdish party visited Sulaimani on Monday to discuss Kurdish unity with the province’s ruling parties.
Meral Danis Bestas, who led the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) delegation, told reporters that she had “very good” meetings with the Change Movement (Gorran) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
“We see such diplomatic meetings as very important to promote the unity of Kurds, cooperation between Kurds,” she said.
She wished success for the Gorran-PUK alliance, the Kurdistan Coalition, running in Iraq’s October 10 parliamentary election.
The HDP delegation will stay in Sulaimani for two days.
Qubad Talabani, head of the coalition and Kurdistan Regional Government deputy prime minister, said in a statement that they “discussed changes in Kurdistan, Iraq and the region, and explained the objectives of the Kurdistan Coalition. I also reiterated the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s unchanged position regarding the Kurdish question in the region.”
The Kurdish question refers to Kurdish aspirations and struggles for greater rights and autonomy across the four countries of Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria.
HDP enjoys good relations with Sulaimani-based political parties, especially the PUK. In Turkey, the party has suffered under years of crackdowns by Turkish authorities for its alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
Meral Danis Bestas, who led the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) delegation, told reporters that she had “very good” meetings with the Change Movement (Gorran) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
“We see such diplomatic meetings as very important to promote the unity of Kurds, cooperation between Kurds,” she said.
She wished success for the Gorran-PUK alliance, the Kurdistan Coalition, running in Iraq’s October 10 parliamentary election.
The HDP delegation will stay in Sulaimani for two days.
Qubad Talabani, head of the coalition and Kurdistan Regional Government deputy prime minister, said in a statement that they “discussed changes in Kurdistan, Iraq and the region, and explained the objectives of the Kurdistan Coalition. I also reiterated the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s unchanged position regarding the Kurdish question in the region.”
The Kurdish question refers to Kurdish aspirations and struggles for greater rights and autonomy across the four countries of Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and Syria.
HDP enjoys good relations with Sulaimani-based political parties, especially the PUK. In Turkey, the party has suffered under years of crackdowns by Turkish authorities for its alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
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