The corruption scandal “does not help” Ukraine. The Kurds are setting conditions for Turkey. Summary of the night
The Kurds set a condition for Ankara
Kurdish guerrillas demand the release of their leader Abdullah Ocalan from prison. As one of the guerrilla commanders, Amed Malazgirt, told AFP, this is a condition without which the Kurdistan Workers' Party will not continue negotiations with Ankara.
The peace process was initiated in October 2024 by the leader of the nationalist National Action Party (MHP), Devlet Bahceli, calling on the leadership of the PKK – an organization considered terrorist, among others. by Turkey, the US and the EU – to lay down their arms. In response, Ocalan asked in February this year. to the fighters to end the fighting.
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Who will take part in the intergovernmental consultations on Monday?
On May 12, the PKK announced the end of the armed uprising, which resulted in the deaths of over 40,000 people during the 40-year war. people. At the beginning of July, the fighters began the process of laying down their weapons, destroying several dozen symbolic weapons in the mountains of northern Iraq, and at the end of October they withdrew completely from Turkey.
“Sanchez to prison!”
With this slogan, an anti-government demonstration took place in the streets of Madrid, attended by 40,000 people. people. Leading PP politicians took part, including former prime ministers Mariano Rajoy and Jose Maria Aznar, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, head of the Community of Madrid, and Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida, head of the Community of Madrid. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is involved in a corruption scandal known as the “Koldo affair”.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court issued a decision to arrest Jose Luis Abalos, former Minister of Transport and a close associate of Sanchez, in connection with the high-profile corruption scandal regarding rigging tenders for protective masks during the Covid-19 pandemic. Abalos' associate, Koldo Garcia, after whom the scandal was named, was also arrested.
What awaits us on Monday?
Prime Minister Donald Tusk will take part in the 17th Polish-German intergovernmental consultations. They will be held under the chairmanship of Tusk and Chancellor Friedrich Merz. During the meeting, issues related to bilateral cooperation, security, defense, infrastructure and issues related to the EU agenda will be discussed. The consultations will include, among others: ministers responsible for foreign affairs, defense, home affairs, infrastructure, finance, energy and culture. At At 3:15 p.m. there will be a press conference between Prime Minister Tusk and Chancellor Merz.
French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the Elysee Palace, the presidents will talk, in connection with the recent negotiations in Geneva, about the conditions for a just and lasting peace for Ukraine and the American peace plan. Volodymyr Zelensky's previous visit to France took place on November 17.
