Turkey's FM Mevlut Cavusoglu defends planned Turkish operation in northern Syria saying PKK/YPG terrorists 'want to divide Syria while we support Syria's territorial integrity'
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russia's President Vladimir Putin discussed in a phone call Turkey's planned operation into northeastern Syria, the Turkish presidency said, as Ankara gears to launch its cross-border offensive.
He said, "There's a terror organisation on our southern border. This poses serious threats to our security. We often confiscate American weapons inside our own borders. Those were given to the YPG.""Over 300,000 Syrian Kurds were sent to Turkey as refugees because they disagreed with them," he said. Ibrahim Kalin, an aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien in a phone call that Turkey's operation aimed to clear its border of militants and to ensure the return of Syrian refugees, NTV said.
"At this critical juncture, the international community must rally behind Turkey's rebuilding and stabilisation efforts," he added.
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