PKK seeks negotiation with KDP, northern Syria is hub of tensions: official tells Kurdpress

 The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) wants to solve its problems with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, the Chief of the PKK Foreign Relations Mehmad Agit told Kurdpress, revealing that the developments in northern Syria is the core of tensions between the two Kurdish parties.Agit said the KDP policies in northern Syria have failed as well as its policies in Iraqi northern region of Kurdistan and the latest attempts against the PKK are actions to cover their defeats in the two regions. He further slammed the KDP for closing offices of organizations which are claimed to be linked with the PKK but denied the offices and organizations had any links with the PKK, continuing that the KDP cannot tolerate democracy.

The PKK official added to Kurdpress that the KDP should settle its differences with Democratic Union Party (PYD), main Kurdish party in northern Syria and the party that controls the region.

Agit also denied the closed offices had no license for political activity since “even birds cannot fly in Erbil without their permission.”

The PKK official told Kurdpress that the KDP is shooting in its feet by the moves, adding that doors of negotiation are open for both sides and the tensions have not reached a point that they need mediators.

Pro-PKK Iraqi Kurdish politician Muhammad Pencwini met KDP Deputy Leader Nechirvan Barzani in Erbil and discussed with him the recent tension between the parties.

Agit said the meeting Pencwini’s meeting has been personal not official, denying to comment about the pro-PKK Turkey Parliament Deputy Malakia Birnana who paid a visit to the KDP Ankara office yesterday to negotiate with the party’s official the recent disputes. Agit said he is unaware of the meeting.