First group of PKK militants surrenders weapons in Northern Iraq VIDEO

A group from the PKK terrorist organisation, which surrendered its weapons during a ceremony in northern Iraq and identified itself as the "Group for Peace and Democratic Society," issued a written statement immediately after the event, Halk TV reports.

“We came here [to Sulaymaniyah, Iraq] in response to the call of [PKK leader] Abdullah Öcalan, as expressed in his statement dated June 19, 2025. Our arrival is also based on the decisions of the PKK’s 12th Congress, held on May 5–7.

We are here to voluntarily destroy our weapons. We hope that this step will benefit all our people—especially women and youth—as well as the peoples of Turkey and the Middle East, and humanity as a whole.

We call on all regional and global powers to respect the legitimate and democratic rights of our people and to support the process of peaceful and democratic resolution,” the PKK’s statement, quoted by the TV channel, reads.