Kurdish-backed council rejects Russian fears over Kurdish 'quasi-states'

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Kurdish-backed council rejects Russian fears over Kurdish 'quasi-states'
  Wladimir van Wilgenburg |

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) has called on Russia to focus on ending crimes by Turkish-backed groups in Afrin, rather than expressing worries that the Syrian Kurds would create a “quasi-state” on the east of the Euphrates.

On Monday, Russian Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow is against US-backed “quasi-state” formations.

“We are absolutely against all measures on the territory of Syria that could lead to an emergence of ‘quasi-state’ formations, which could subsequently damage the territorial integrity of Syria,” Peskov said, speaking at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

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