UN condemns Kurdish rebel attack in Turkey
Monday, 6 October 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 5 (AFP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon Saturday condemned the attack by separatist Kurdish rebels in Turkey near the Iraqi border that killed 15 soldiers, his spokesperson Michelle Montas said.
"The secretary-general condemns the killing of 15 soldiers in Turkey yesterday (Friday), in the latest attack attributed to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) operating out of northern Iraq," she said in a statement. "He expresses once again his deepest sympathies with the
Government and people of Turkey in the face of terrorist violence... (and) urges continued cooperation between the Governments of Turkey and Iraq to address this threat and to promote peace and stability along their border," Montas added.
"The secretary-general condemns the killing of 15 soldiers in Turkey yesterday (Friday), in the latest attack attributed to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) operating out of northern Iraq," she said in a statement. "He expresses once again his deepest sympathies with the
Government and people of Turkey in the face of terrorist violence... (and) urges continued cooperation between the Governments of Turkey and Iraq to address this threat and to promote peace and stability along their border," Montas added.