Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Moscow of supplying weapons is prohibited in the country of the Kurdistan workers party (PKK). It is reported RIA Novosti with reference to the Turkish newspaper Star.
“Now the terrorists (PKK) in the hands of anti-aircraft weapons and missiles, which gave them Russian. The separatists are equipped with this. This weapon is supplied to terrorist organizations in Syria and Iraq”, — quotes Agency the words of Erdogan.
31 March it was reported that the Iraqi Kurds asked Moscow for more arms. Prior to that, Russia has supplied them a party of five anti-aircraft installations ZU-23-2.
As reported by the attache of the Russian Consulate General in Erbil Artyom Grigoryan, the transferred weapons to Kurdish militia on 14 March in the presence of senior Russian diplomats, including Russian Ambassador in Iraq and Consul General. It was also delivered 20 thousand shells to installations.
Iraqi Kurdistan — the Kurdish state formation in Iraq. Under the new Iraqi Constitution has the status of broad autonomy (somewhat similar to the position of member of the Confederation), the de facto semi-independent. In the North of neighbouring Syria Syrian groups fighting the Kurds, represented in particular by the Kurdish Democratic Union party (PYD) and its armed wing YPG.
Turkish authorities believe the Democratic Union subdivision is prohibited on the territory of the country the PKK, which is fighting for independence from the Central authorities and the creation of a Kurdish autonomy.
