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WASHINGTON HOSTS CONFERENCE ON "KURDISH ROLE IN NEW MIDDLE EAST"
October 31, 2013 - 11:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Kurdish political leaders from Turkey, Syria,
Iran and Iraq were joined on Oct 28 by a broad cross-section of the
Washington foreign policy community at an all-day conference on the
"The Kurdish Role in the New Middle East."
The conference, the first ever organized in Washington by the U.S.
office of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), the leading pro-Kurdish
political party in Turkey, was held before a capacity crowd in the
National Press Club, Asbarez reports.
An Armenian delegation headed by Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Bureau member Hagop Der Khatchadourian attended the conference and
also held consultations regarding prospects for increased cooperation
with several political leaders and other key Kurdish stakeholders.
"We welcome this inaugural BDP conference in Washington, DC and
the opportunity it afforded for meaningful dialogue about Armenian
Kurdish cooperation, Western Armenia and Kurdistan, and, more broadly,
the realization of the national and democratic aspirations of the
Armenian and Kurdish nations," said Der Khatchadourian.
The program covered four panels, and featured a robust exchange of
views from a broad array of Kurdish viewpoints. The topics covered were
"The Kurds in a Changing Middle East," "The Kurds of Syria and their
Vision for the Future," "The Imrali Peace Process: Can Turkish-Kurdish
Relations be Re-Made?" and "The U.S., Turkey, and the Kurds: Towards
a New Vision." Among those participating were the Co-Chairman of the
BDP, Selahattin Demirtas; Nazmi Gur, a prominent BDP Parliamentarian;
Karwan Zebari, representing the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq
office in Washington, DC, former U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey, James Jeffrey; and prominent journalists Cengiz
Candar and Amberin Zaman from Turkey.
October 31, 2013 - 11:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Kurdish political leaders from Turkey, Syria,
Iran and Iraq were joined on Oct 28 by a broad cross-section of the
Washington foreign policy community at an all-day conference on the
"The Kurdish Role in the New Middle East."
The conference, the first ever organized in Washington by the U.S.
office of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), the leading pro-Kurdish
political party in Turkey, was held before a capacity crowd in the
National Press Club, Asbarez reports.
An Armenian delegation headed by Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Bureau member Hagop Der Khatchadourian attended the conference and
also held consultations regarding prospects for increased cooperation
with several political leaders and other key Kurdish stakeholders.
"We welcome this inaugural BDP conference in Washington, DC and
the opportunity it afforded for meaningful dialogue about Armenian
Kurdish cooperation, Western Armenia and Kurdistan, and, more broadly,
the realization of the national and democratic aspirations of the
Armenian and Kurdish nations," said Der Khatchadourian.
The program covered four panels, and featured a robust exchange of
views from a broad array of Kurdish viewpoints. The topics covered were
"The Kurds in a Changing Middle East," "The Kurds of Syria and their
Vision for the Future," "The Imrali Peace Process: Can Turkish-Kurdish
Relations be Re-Made?" and "The U.S., Turkey, and the Kurds: Towards
a New Vision." Among those participating were the Co-Chairman of the
BDP, Selahattin Demirtas; Nazmi Gur, a prominent BDP Parliamentarian;
Karwan Zebari, representing the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq
office in Washington, DC, former U.S.
Ambassador to Turkey, James Jeffrey; and prominent journalists Cengiz
Candar and Amberin Zaman from Turkey.