Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan affirms Turkey’s determination to complete the security strip it is building along its southern border.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his attendance at events in Sanliurfa
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Saturday that “his country will inevitably complete the security strip it is building on its southern borders”.
In a speech delivered during his attendance at the opening ceremony of a cluster of development projects in Sanliurfa state, Erdogan said, “We will finally complete the 30-kilometre-deep security strip that we are building on our southern borders.”
He stressed that the attacks launched by Kurdish forces and “the parties that control them” against Turkish forces and innocent civilians, “will not be able to dissuade Turkey from achieving this goal”.
Erdogan had previously confirmed “the continuation of military operations in northern Syria and Iraq Until all terrorist organizations are eliminated.It is no longer acceptable for some Western countries to provide support to terrorist organizations”, stressing that “Turkey does not target anyone because of their race or religion.
And the Turkish president announced that the military operation in northern Iraq and Syria “You will not be limited in air operations What has been done so far.”
And he stressed that “the outcome of the military operation in northern Iraq and Syria, which is an important conflict for Turkey, will be successful”.
about the purpose of the processErdogan said Turkey was looking forward to establishing a “west-east security belt” along the country’s southern border as soon as possible.
The Kremlin has warned Turkeypreviously, of “destabilizing” northern Syria through its raids, underlining that this “could have counterproductive results and further complicate the security situation”.
Iran, in turn, has confirmed Turkish ground military operations, which Turkey is likely to launch in Syria, will not solve the problems, but rather complicate the situation.
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