Conference at EP calls on Turkey to open its borders for Kobanê
NEWS DESK (DİHA) - The European Parliament is today hosting a Conference for International Mobilisation for Rebuilding Kobanê. The conference has drawn great attention and is attended by parliamentarians and representatives of the NGOs from different countries across Europe. The European Union has offered support for the rebuilding of Kobanê through the representative it sent to the conference which has started in the European Parliament this morning.
The conference under the title “International Mobilisation for Rebuilding Kobanê” has started at the European Parliament with a video message of the President of the Parliament Martin Schultz. The conference is attended by the representatives of all the political groups in the parliament, who offered support to the conference and the rebuilding process of Kobanê.
Officials from the cantons of Kobanê and Cizîre who are also attending the conference called on the international community to put pressure on Turkey for the opening of a corridor into the war-torn town of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
Cizîrê Canton Deputy President Husen Azzam of Arab origin who voiced this call to the international community on behalf of the cantons of Efrin, Kobanê and Cizîre pointed to the urgent need for economic and political support.
Cizîrê Canton Foreign Council Co-President Abdulkerim Ömer also called on western states to put pressure on Turkey to end its support to the ISIS gangs.
European United Left Group representative Marie-Christine Vergiat called for international support for the rebuilding of Kobanê which -she said- witnessed a great sample of solidarity, adding; "Rebuilding of Kobanê is a great symbol representing the freedom of all of us."
Remarking that the rebuilding process requires an ecological work, Vergiat called attention to the situation of women and children, and to the urgent need for the clearance of mines across the city.
'Rebuilding of Kobanê is symbol of struggle against barbaarians'
"Rebuilding of Kobanê is the symbol of the struggle against the barbaarians", she said, and called for the opening of a humanitarian corridor into the town. Vergiat emphasised that theories and words must be replaced by practice now, and called on the European Union to remove the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.
Vergiat also reacted to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for likening the PKK to ISIS, describing it as an "unbearable case".
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