Erdogan’s Spokesman Urges US to Take Back Weapons Delivered to Syrian Kurds

Previously, Ankara has announced that Washington had agreed to cease arms supplies to the Syrian Kurds, who have been fighting Daesh terrorists.


“The US administration must completely cut ties with terrorist organizations such as PYD [Democratic Union Party]/YPG … Since the fight against Daesh is over, the organization should not need these [weapons]. However, we know that the US has lost track of distributed weapons in Iraq in a similar way. So, these words need to be backed up with concrete steps,” Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said as quoted by the Anadolu news agency.

He also criticized Pentagon’s statements that the Kurds would be allowed to possess weapons which didn't pose threat to Turkey.

“Others do not decide, who or what threatens our national security, the Turkish Republic does,” Kalin noted.

According to Erdogan's spokesman, the US weapons possessed by the Syrian Kurds would destabilize the situation in the region.
  [sputniknews.com]
 1/12/17