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Saddam promises democracy for Kurds: Talabani
BAGHDAD, Apr 25: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, weakened by the Gulf war defeat, and Kurdish rebel leaders, stricken by the failure of their uprising against him, have agreed In principle to end their decades-old conflict, reports Reuter.
Jala] Talabani, who led three Kurdish chiefs in talks with Saddam and his government, said on Wednesday that the pact, yet to be signed, would give greater autonomy to Kurdistan, whose short-lived rebellion was crushed by the Iraqi army.
"As a principle I can say yes," he told a news conference when asked if the two sides had reached agreement. "We need to have another round of negotiations for details to implement it."
Appealing to Kurds who fled their homes after the collapse of their revolt in the north at the beginning of April. Talabani said: "We want to stay tn Iraqi Kurdistan, not leave It We got promises from President (Saddam) and others that all Iraqi Kurds will be safe."
Fearing reprisals from Saddam's army, hundreds of thousands of Kurds have fled into Turkey or Iran or to border areas of northern Iraq where the United States is setting up safe havens for them.
"Now we are for normalisation. for bringing back the people.' said Talabani after a one-hour meeting with Saddam, their first since 1984.
Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), said the agreement tn principle covered implementation of a March 11, 1970 autonomy accord between the central government and the Kurds, who form a fifth of Iraq's 18 million population.
The Kurds say the accord was never put fully Into prac tice.
Would the central government keep its word if an agreement were signed?
"We think that democracy will be the main guarantee for the national Kurdish objective." Talabani said.
He said the talks with Saddam and his aides covered democracy and political pluralism. freedom of the press, association of democratic organisations. human rights and normalisation in Iraq
Revolts in the Kurdish north and the mainly Shi'ite south broke out after the US and Its Gulf War Allies routed Saddam s army in Kuwait at the end of February.
The Kurds, a mountain people have been fighting on and of for more than four decades marked by broken promises, failed deals and repression by the powerful governments in the region.
In their conflict with Iraq. Talabani said the Kurds had failed to bring down the central government and the central government had failed to crush the Kurds.
Both sides now are convinced to look for another way.
Talabani's news conference was attended by Iraqi Information Minister Hamid Youssef Hummadi who remained silent.
Apparently referring to Saddam's main concern Talabani said. As Iraqis we are for the Independence and sovereignty of the Iraqi government. Together with other Iraqis we will try to ensure Iraqi sovereign independence and to take part in the rebuilding of our country.
Asked about the presence of the US troops he said that once final agreement had been reached all foreign forces should leave Iraq.
But he added we prefer to have a United Nations force but until we have it we are not against the presence of their forces to safeguard the refugees.
He said he expected no problems in negotiations on details