(MENAFN) On Tuesday, British Labour officials visited the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, re-affirming their solidarity.
The YPG is the armed wing of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which is the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Worker"s Party (PKK). The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States.
"We're here for a long-term relationship with you, where we can support you against all the people who are trying to destroy your liberty," said Maurice Glasman, a Labour peer in the House of Lords. "We also bring, with a full heart, our solidarity," he said in Qamishli city, in a stretch of the country occupied by the terror group.
Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle said they would "share that back in England with our parliament and with our people," and that he hoped for better scrutiny of arms sales to Turkey.
"We want to say we are with you side by side," he said.
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