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söndag 26 oktober 2014

U.S.: PYD NOT A TERRORIST ORGANISATION


U.S.: PYD NOT A TERRORIST ORGANISATION.
In yesterday's daily press briefing, Deputy Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State, Marie Harf, said that according to the USA the PYD was not a terrorist organisation.

On Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had said "for us, the PYD is the same as the PKK". Harf also said that "we made Turkey aware that the PYD needs to be supported".
In the briefing, Harf stated that President Obama had called President Erdogan at the weekend to discuss and notify Turkey of the intended resupply of weapons and medicine for the Kurdish fighters in Kobane.

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