Strategic Communications Coordinator at the US National Security Council John Kirby confirms that there are no talks between the US and Russia regarding Turkish operations in Syria.
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The Strategic Communications Coordinator for the US National Security Council, John Kirby
Strategic Communications Coordinator at the US National Security Council John Kirby announced on Tuesday that “there are no talks between the US and Russia regarding Turkish operations in Syria.”
“We are not aware of any talks with the Russians regarding Turkish military operations in Syria,” Kirby said at a news conference.
And that comes in a moment Turkey is completing Operation “Claw of the Sword” in Northern Iraq and SyriaWhere he targeted, a headquarters set up by US forces to train members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in Syria’s Al-Hasakah.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that the “claw sword” operation against “terrorist sites” in northern Syria and Iraq It will not be limited to airstrikes.
Erdogan said the military operation in northern Iraq and Syria “will not remain limited to the air operation and what has been implemented so far”, stressing that it will continue.
And then, The Kremlin has warned Turkeyfrom the “destabilization” in northern Syria, calling on all parties to “refrain from any initiative that could lead to a serious destabilization of the general situation”.
Similarly, Russia’s presidential envoy to Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev, called on Turkey to “exercise restraint to prevent further escalation in Syria”.
In turn, a US State Department spokesman said:Washington opposes any military action leads to the destabilization of the situation in Syria”.
