Czech President: Europe and America "vulgarly" betrayed the Kurds

"In my opinion, Turkey is committing war crimes in Syria and should not become a member of the European Union," said Zeman.

Czech President Miloš Zeman said that Europe and America "vulgarly" betrayed the Kurds who fought in Syria with the ISIS terrorist organization.

"In general, the Kurds were betrayed elementarily and simply. America betrayed them, Europe betrayed them. They were respected when they had to fight against ISIS, and now they are simply abandoned. At the same time, we (the Czechs), as a nation that was betrayed in a similar way in 1938 (by its allies - France and Great Britain), should express at least elementary solidarity with the Kurds and help them as much as we can "- Zeman emphasized, appearing on Thursday in the evening on TV Barrandov.

According to the Czech leader, it was the Kurds' armed forces that were the most effective force in the fight against PI. "On the contrary, I have already mentioned that Turkey de facto financed the Islamic State by buying oil from it," added the Czech president. "In my opinion, Turkey is committing war crimes in Syria and should not become a member of the European Union," said Zeman.