http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/10/ira-eta-kurds-peace-summit Sinn Féin activists to meet members of Sortu and Kurdish BDP in Venice to discuss negotiation tactics and dialogue with state Irish republicans will meet Kurdish and Basque separatists at a summit designed to encourage armed movements to adopt political dialogue and put an end to two conflicts that have cost thousands of lives.
Kurdish activist killed by Turkish Army
Turkish troops in Kurdistan
In Turkey, the Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) extended its temporary ceasefire until the summer's general election amid rumours of behind-the-scenes contacts and allegations that "show trials" of Kurdish civic leaders are undermining hopes of reconciliation.
One prominent participant is Alex Maskey, a member of the Northern Ireland assembly who was interned as an IRA suspect during the Troubles and later served as the first Sinn Féin lord mayor of Belfast. He has travelled widely to promote Belfast's peace process; in 2008 he accompanied Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness to Iraq.
One prominent participant is Alex Maskey, a member of the Northern Ireland assembly who was interned as an IRA suspect during the Troubles and later served as the first Sinn Féin lord mayor of Belfast. He has travelled widely to promote Belfast's peace process; in 2008 he accompanied Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness to Iraq.
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