On 5 October, Kadhim al-Fartousi, KSS’s spokesman, said the agreement concerned regulating weapons, not handing them over, and that weapons would remain until sovereignty was achieved; Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibi (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) and iNEWS (KSS — affiliated/aligned media) carried his position. He described ten sovereignty conditions translated into a negotiating paper with implementation timings, and said the United States, Turkey and the PKK were parties to government commitments rather than participants in the negotiations. Separately, شفقنا العراق reported Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi’s announcement that five factions had accepted weapons handover, three had already handed over their weapons, and dialogue continued with others.
- Al-Kornet al-Kata'ibiKSS — affiliated/aligned media05 Oct, 23:05
“There is no handover of weapons; the agreement concluded did not use this term, but rather regulation of weapons. We said that weapons exist because of violations of sovereignty and attacks; for their purpose to end, their causes must end through achieving sovereignty, and weapons remain until sovereignty is achieved.”
لا يوجد تسليم للسلاح، الاتفاق الذي أبرم لم يستخدم هذا المصطلح، بل تنظيم السلاح. نحن قلنا أن السلاح سببه خرق السيادة والاعتداءات وحتى ينتهي وغايته، يجب أن تنتهي أسبابه بتحقيق السيادة، والسلاح يبقى حتى تحقيق السيادة.
- شفقنا العراق05 Oct, 23:20
“Five factions agreed to hand over weapons, and three of them have already handed over their weapons, while dialogue continues with the others.”
خمسة فصائل وافقت على تسليم السلاح، وقد سلمت ثلاثة منها بالفعل أسلحتها، فيما يستمر الحوار مع الآخرين
- iNEWSKSS — affiliated/aligned media05 Oct, 23:58
“We stated the ten conditions for achieving sovereignty and they were studied carefully. These conditions do not concern an interest specific to the resistance, but advance the interests of the people and the country. This formulation was translated into a negotiating paper, the sovereignty paper; this paper contains timings for implementing the provisions.”
ذكرنا الشروط العشرة لتحقيق السيادة وتم دراستها بشكل دقيق، وهذه الشروط لا تختص بمصلحة للمقاومة، بل تقدم مصلحة الشعب والبلد، صيغة هذه تم ترجمتها لورقة تفاوضية ورقة السيادة، هذه الورقة فيها توقيتات لتحقيق البنود.
The public difference concerns what compliance entails: KSS describes continued possession pending sovereignty, whereas the prime minister describes weapons already transferred by three factions.