ANKARA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday accused Russia and the United States of failing to keep promises to keep the People’s Protection Units (YPG), a fighting movement Kurdish, far from the border between Turkey and northern Syria.
“Russia and the United States also bear responsibility for the recent attacks because they have not kept their word. Today the terrorists are here and they are stepping up their attacks,” Cavusoglu told reporters at the meeting. of a press conference with his Nicaraguan counterpart.
“We will do whatever it takes to eliminate these terrorists from these areas,” he said.
Two Turkish special forces policemen were killed on Sunday in a guided missile attack by YPG forces launched from the northern Syrian town of Tel Rifat, Turkish authorities reported.
Five shells fired from an area controlled by the YPF in Syria exploded in Karkamis district in Gaziantep province in southern Turkey, its governor reported on Monday.
The denunciation of the attacks on Turkey by the United States was not sincere because Washington was arming the YPG, affirmed Mr. Cavusoglu.
The minister referred to the separate agreements concluded by Turkey in 2019 with the United States on the one hand and with Russia on the other hand, which provided for the withdrawal of YPG forces 30 km south of the Turkish border with the north. from Syria. End
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