NEWS CENTER – In the Long March of the patriotic youth in the south of Kurdistan, which had to be stopped due to the collaborationist KDP forces, an international delegation also participated and attracted attention.
The delegation traveled to Kurdistan to draw attention to the war of aggression of the Turkish occupying state and to build pressure on the government in southern Kurdistan to stop its collaboration with the Turkish occupiers.
A statement from the delegation said:
“As part of the EU and through its role in the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe), the Austrian state also bears a share of responsibility for the war in Kurdistan,” explains Georg Bauer, one of the Viennese activist:s participating in the delegation. “Austria is involved in the criminalization of the Kurdish freedom movement and in the persecution of Kurdish activists because Austria supports the fact that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party is on the EU terror list. We want the PKK to be removed from the list. Because only a dialogue and peace negotiations can stop the war in Kurdistan.”
The internationalist solidarity group Riseup 4 Rojava Vienna, which includes one of the delegation’s participants, also called for an end to arms deliveries to Turkey and an end to the so-called refugee deal with the Turkish regime. According to the activists, the so-called “refugee deal” between the EU and Turkey is turning millions of people into hostages of the regime. The Council of the Kurdish Society in Austria (FEYKOM), Riseup 4 Rojava Vienna and many other political and civil society organizations have been demanding for years that Austria take a stand against the war in Kurdistan in the spirit of active neutrality and end its support for Turkey. This also includes a clear position against NATO, explained the group Riseup 4 Rojava. It was further made clear that Turkey’s colonialist and expansionist policies would not be possible without NATO support.”
Source: ANF Germany
