In Germany is still argued about arms supplies – Paris is already: France wants to help Iraq with weapons. Yet on Wednesday to start the first transports.

France has decided to support the fight against the militia “Islamic State” (IS) with weapons assistance. Now it is apparently going fast: Already on Wednesday to the first defense equipment are under way in Iraq. This was announced by President François Hollande in Paris with.

“To meet the urgent needs of the local Kurdish authorities, the state leadership has decided to provide in cooperation with Baghdad in the coming hours weapons,” it said in a statement the government.

France would make “any necessary support” given the “catastrophic situation” for the population in the Kurdish regions in Iraq. The nature of the arms supplied, there was initially no information. France had tried unsuccessfully in the past few days, bringing a European agreement on the subject on the way. First had brought weapons deliveries on the way on Monday the United States.

In Germany arms sales to Iraq are still controversial. Especially within the CDU there is heated debate as to whether and how the struggle of the Kurds against the jihadists in the north of the country can be supported.

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