White House welcomes call by Turkey's jailed militant leader for PKK to lay down arms

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The White House on Thursday welcomed a call by Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms.
"It's a significant development and we hope that it will help assuage our Turkish allies about U.S. counter-ISIS partners in northeast Syria. We believe it will help bring peace to this troubled region," said Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.
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