Nick Schifrin:
And I’m now joined by Jim Jeffrey, the former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, as well as to Iraq, who was most recently the special representative for Syria under the first Trump administration.
Ambassador Jeffrey, thanks very much. Welcome back to the “News Hour.”
Bottom line, how significant is this event that we saw today? The Kurdistan Worker’s Party burning their rifles, calling for their armed struggle to be now waged peaceful?
James Jeffrey, Former U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: This is a huge step forward of a process that began about six months ago. It signifies the end of a 40-year terrorist insurgent campaign in Turkey, Iraq and Syria against the Turkish state and at times against various other elements.
It is a dramatic move forward for the whole region and is something that will really stabilize the Northern Levant in very many important ways.
