The Great Middle East (bbabo.net), - Turkey will complete the creation of a 30 -kilometer security line along its southern borders, said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is reported by TASS on December 2.
Thus, he made it clear that Ankara does not refuse plans to conduct a cross -border military operation in the north of Syria against the forces of the Kurdistan working party based there, which Turkey considers the terrorist organization.
“We will not allow the creation of a terrorist corridor at our borders. We will certainly complete the creation of a 30-kilometer security line along its southern borders. No sorties of terrorists, no one will force us to abandon these plans, ”said the Turkish leader.
At the same time, earlier, the coalition under the leadership of the United States resumed regular patrolling in the regions held by the Kurds in the northeast of Syria after previous Turkish airstrikes.
“The international coalition in cooperation with Syrian democratic forces resumed its usual patrolling in the northeast of Syria after reduction due to Turkish strokes in this area,” the Kurdish military source on anonymity conditions told AFP.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in a telephone conversation with the Turkish colleague, Hulushi Akar, expressed concern to the situation in the north of Syria and Turkish airstrikes on the positions of Kurdish militarized formations. Washington calls on Ankara to abandon plans for a terrestrial operation in the north of Syria.
Earlier, the coordinator of strategic communications in the National Security Council (SNB) of the White House John Kirby noted that the United States believe that Turkey has the right to protect itself from terrorist attacks, but they do not want Ankara of any operations in Syria, which could be put under The threat of the civilian population, as well as the American troops located there.
In a telephone conversation, Iranian Foreign Minister Iran, Hosein Amir Abdolkhiyan, in a telephone conversation with his Turkish colleague, Mevlut Cavushoglu, also pointed out the destructiveness of the ground operation in Syria, despite the fact that Tehran understands Ankara’s concern in the field of security.
Erdogan earlier said:
“We did not have any conversations with (US President Joe) Biden or (Russian President Vladimir) Putin regarding this operation. However, both Biden and Putin already know that we can do such things in this region at any time. ”
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