{The U.S. on Monday has denied reports that it was in secret talks with the Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK).}<\/p>\n
\u201cThere’s no talks with the PKK. So no direct, no indirect – there’s no talks with the PKK,\u201d State Department spokesman John Kirby said Monday. \u201cThis is a foreign terrorist organization. We don’t sit down and have talks with the PKK.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Daily Telegraph reported on Monday that PKK leaders have been in indirect talks with Washington in a bid to get the U.S. to mediate between the militants and Turkey.<\/p>\n
The report cited Cemil Bayik, one of three of the group\u2019s interim leaders, who declined to identify who the interlocutors were.<\/p>\n
The PKK is designated as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and the U.S.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing has changed about our position on the PKK. They need to renounce the violence. They need to resume a peace process, and stop attacking the Turks inside Turkey,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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