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'Turkey can never declare ceasefire in north Syria': Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of US delegation's visit to Ankara

Agence France-Presse • October 16, 2019, 08:39:54 IST
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Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call late Tuesday that Turkey’s operation would contribute to the protection of Syria’s territorial integrity as well as efforts to fight terror, according to the Turkish presidency.

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'Turkey can never declare ceasefire in north Syria': Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of US delegation's visit to Ankara

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dismissed a US proposal to broker a ceasefire in northern Syria and said he was not worried over US sanctions, in comments published in Turkish media on Wednesday. He also said the Syrian army’s entry into the flashpoint northern Syrian city of Manbij was not a “very negative” development for his country as long as the region is cleared of Syrian Kurdish fighters. “They tell us ’to declare a ceasefire’. We can never declare a ceasefire,” Erdogan told journalists on a flight back from Azerbaijan, in comments published by the Hurriyet daily. [caption id=“attachment_4965961” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]File image of Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AP File image of Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AP[/caption] “US Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel Wednesday to Ankara to press Turkey to halt its offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday. Pence’s office released a separate statement adding that he would “voice the United States” commitment to reach an immediate ceasefire and the conditions for a “negotiated settlement”. “It is not possible for us to declare a ceasefire” until Turkey clears the “terror organisation” from its border, Erdogan said, referring to the Kurdish forces. “Pence is due to meet Erdogan on Thursday,” the US statement added, to reiterate Trump’s commitment to impose “punishing economic sanctions” on Turkey until a resolution is reached. “They are pressuring us to halt the operation. We have a clear target. We are not worried about the sanctions,” Erdogan said. The Turkish leader also said that the Syrian army taking control of Manbij was not a big problem for Ankara. “The regime’s entry into Manbij is not a very, very negative (development) to me. Why? Because it is their own land,” he said, adding that what mattered for Turkey was the removal of Kurdish militants. Turkey, a vocal opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, backs rebels fighting for his ouster. Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call late Tuesday that Turkey’s operation would contribute to the protection of Syria’s territorial integrity as well as efforts to fight terror, according to the Turkish presidency.

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