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Jailed PKK leader urges militant group to disarm before peace ceremony with Turkey

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Abdullah Ocalan , the leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party , or PKK , declared that the peace initiative had reached a stage that required practical steps.

A symbolic disarmament ceremony is expected to take place as a first concrete step in a peace process with the Turkish state.

The PKK announced in May that it would disband and renounce armed conflict, ending four decades of hostilities.

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70

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66

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69

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semi-formal

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English

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56

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short-lived

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