FRANCOIS HOLLANDE: TURKEY MUST OPEN BORDERS WITH SYRIA

19:34, 14 Oct 2014

Turkey must by all means open borders with Syria to allow
reinforcements to reach the town of Kobane, French President Francois
Hollande stated on Tuesday.

“That town – Kobane – may at any moment fall into the hands of the
terrorists. Turkey should absolutely open its border to help the Syrian
Kurds defending the town,” France Press quoted Hollande as saying.

Kurdish groups have called on Turkey to allow its territory to be
used for passing weapons to fighters defending Kobane.”

Syrian Kurds, who for several weeks confront the militants of the
“Islamic State” in the city of Kobane (in Arabic Ain al-Arab), cannot
receive military aid from Iraq due to the failure of the Turkish
authorities to open a transit corridor. Within the frames of the
campaign in support of the Kobane defenders regional authorities of
Iraqi Kurdistan have decided to supply the town with ammunition for
small arms and mortars. However, the consignment has not yet reached
the town. At the moment, it is in the self-proclaimed Kurdish canton
Jazeera and is blocked because Turkey “does not want to open a transit
corridor for Kobane.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress