27 April 2001, Volume  4, Number  14
RFE

KDP leader Mas'ud Barzani said in Irbil on 22 April that "we are working on
putting the Kurdish house in order. Very good steps have been taken. I hope
that a good peace will be achieved. We are in the process of putting the final
touches [on it]. We will not fulfill the enemies' aim of killing Kurds at the hands
of Kurds," Salah Al-Din-based Kurdistan Satellite TV reported.
(David Nissman)
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KDP, PUK FORCES WITHDRAW FROM CONTACT LINES.
On 18 April military delegations of the Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP)
and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) met at the Pirar border point
between KDP- and PUK-controlled territories of Iraq Kurdistan in order
to organize a pull back of forces from the lines between them and thus
promote the peace process, "KurdSat" reported on 18 April.
(David Nissman)
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