KRG won’t stay silent to PKK’s terrorism threats, spokesman says

KRG won’t stay silent to PKK’s terrorism threats, spokesman says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) announced Wednesday that they would not stay silent to PKK's threats of attacking its region, which can be considered as part of "terrorism."

KRG spokesperson Sefin Dizayi said that if threats from high level PKK officials about moving the war to the KRG region continued, the government was ready to take action.

"The KRG does not accept any PKK activities i in areas of the KRG or nearby regions," Dizayi warned.

Rıza Altun, senior executive of the PKK-affiliated Kurdish Communities Union (KCK), previously said that "southern Kurdistan is now a target" as the KRG announced that it would hold a referendum for the independence of Kirkuk, a city known for its predominantly Turkmen population.

Altun showed the KRG's close relations with the Turkish government as a reason for war, underlining that the PKK would attack "without paying attention to borders."

KRG authorities have been voicing their concern over the PKK's oppression of its people, and have urged the terrorist group to leave its territory, especially Mt. Sinjar.

The PKK terrorist group continues to have a presence in Sinjar with at least 2,500 militants and is carrying out its policy of establishing a second base, despite calls from local groups, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iraq's central government and Turkey for the terrorist group the evacuate the area.

In mid-2014, the PKK established a foothold in Sinjar on the pretext that it was fighting Daesh. Syrian Peshmerga forces are drawn up largely from Syrian-Kurdish youth. Numbering roughly 5,000, most have received military training in Irbil and Duhok in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous KRG region.

KRG President Massoud Barzani has said the terrorist group's presence in Sinjar leads to instability in the region.

Even though the PKK maintains its presence in Sinjar, on the pretext of "protecting the Yazidi population," Yazidis themselves have also opposed the terrorist organization's presence.

Turkey, the U.S. and many other countries officially recognize the PKK as a terrorist organization.

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