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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan welcomed the PKK terrorist group’s decision to disband, calling it an important step that will pave a new era for the country.
“The doors of the new era will open once weapons are laid down,” the president told a news conference following the Cabinet meeting in the capital, Ankara.
He said Türkiye sees the PKK’s decision as encompassing groups in Iraq, Syria and Europe too.
Erdoğan also said Türkiye welcomes the cease-fire following recent tensions between Pakistan and India.
“Türkiye’s stance in such crises is clear: We always side with peace, stability, diplomacy and dialogue,” he said.
Erdoğan also urged parties to take advantage of recent contacts to strike a deal toward peace in Ukraine, after speaking with the country’s leader.
“I would like to reiterate that we are ready to contribute to these meetings and we will be happy to host them,” Erdoğan said, referring to direct Ukraine-Russia talks expected to take place in Istanbul later this week.
“A new window of opportunity has opened with the recent contacts. We hope that this opportunity will not be wasted,” Erdoğan said after talking with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy said he wanted U.S. President Donald Trump to attend the direct peace talks with Russia, after the U.S. leader said he was “thinking” of going.
