Despite isis-terror, peace dominated Kurdish Newroz

by Lorin Sarkisian and Roni Alasor

Brussels, 21 March 2015 - Middle East Diplomatic (MED) - Despite ISIS terror, car bombs attacks and very tense time in the Middle East region, millions of Kurds in four parts of Kurdistan and Europe, celebrated New Year-Newroz and their national day with music, traditional dances and Newroz-fire.

 

In Turkey and North Kurdistan, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan asked Kurds for support to the joint 10-points peace declaration between Turks and Kurds which both parts agreed on 28 February in this year.

In the Newroz message, the imprisoned PKK leader underlined his readiness to hold a congress to stop the Kurdish armed struggle in Turkey, if the conditions outlined in the 10 points of the joint declaration are respected in order to achieve real peace and universal democratic criteria. Most of all, Ocalan is asking for the establishment of two official negotiation delegations representing Turks and Kurds and one monitoring / observing committee, as well as one reconciliation committee, as during the Apartheid in South Africa.  

Öcalan strongly condemned ISIS brutality and slaughter of Kurdish, Turcoman, Arabian, Ezidies and all Christians as Assyrian-Syriacs-Armenian people. The PKK leader called for end of any kind of nationalism and religious extremism and urged the building of democratic open societies in the Middle East.

   

In South Kurdistan, a official delegation from the European Union, leaded by Mr. Afzal Khan, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Security and Defence could also participate the Newroz celebrations, while in Rojava part of Kurdistan (Syria) was disturbed by isis car bomb attacks where many ten of children and women killed.