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    TURKISH DEPUTY PM CALLS ON KURDISH GROUPS NOT TO SIDE WITH AL-ASSAD

    14:52 30.07.13

    Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arınc has called on the Kurdish groups in
    Syria not to side with the al-Assad regime and urged them to support
    the opposition, The Hurriyet Daily News reports.

    Arınc said the Syrian regime intended to exploit the Kurds and other
    groups in the northern region, and use them as a trump card against
    Turkey. "When al-Assad goes, and a democratic regime is established
    with a Parliament and elections, then everyone will be represented
    equally," Arınc told state-run broadcaster TRT on July 29.

    "All we ask of the formation there [Kurds in the north] is that they
    do not cooperate with al-Assad. Become a part of the opposition and
    do not attempt to take control by fait accompli," he added.

    "Your presence and equal citizenship rights will definitely be
    recognized in a Constitution to be formed after al-Assad. If you side
    with the opposition, you can avoid sharing the sins of the regime,"
    he said.

    Turkish officials held meetings last week with the visiting leader of
    the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Saleh Muslim, and they expressed
    strong concerns about the "fait accompli" imposition of a de facto
    autonomous Kurdish region in the north of Syria.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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