Turkey is considering the possibility of a terrorist operation against PKK terrorists in Syria. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, reports TRT Haber.
“We can come suddenly one night,” we said this is not in vain, of course. Because these steps were taken as soon as the expected and planned hour came. As a matter of fact, the operation carried out last night was a complete manifestation of this. Because the disposal of these terrorist organizations and their destruction is an integral duty of our security forces right now. And this is not limited only to an air campaign, ”the head of Turkey told reporters.
He emphasized that the Turkish Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff jointly decide how many military and military equipment should be involved in the operation. At the moment, 70 aircraft and drones were involved, which destroyed 89 goals.
According to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he did not warn Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden about the start of the operation. “We had no meetings with Mr. Biden or Mr. Putin about this operation. But Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin already know that we can do such things in this region at any time,” said the Turkish president.
He also noted that Ankara established diplomatic relations with the countries that are present in Syria, appropriate conversations have been held with them.
In addition, the head of Turkey stated that Ankara conducted an air operation in Syria and Iraq due to the refusal of Russia to fulfill promises to divert Kurdish units from the border of the republic.
“We had an agreement with the Russians in Sochi in 2019. They were obliged to clean the territory in Syria from terrorists. Unfortunately, although we reminded them many times, they did not, they could not. We said that not We will be silent and take measures against terrorists there if they (Russians – Ed.) We ourselves will not be able to do this themselves. As part of this, we neutralized 12 targets of terrorists nesting yesterday in Koban. There are no threats. We have continuity. We are in this operation. We are in this operation. They did everything that was necessary on the ground and in the air, ”he said.
The Turkish leader told reporters that the United States supplied weapons and ammunition for PKK terrorists in Syria.
“We are together with America in NATO. However, it supplies and supplies thousands of weapons, equipment, ammunition to terrorists in Syria. It began at the time of Barack Obama, continued under Donald Trump and preserved under Joe Bayden. I said to them:” We were: “We Together with you in NATO, we are two important allies. Since such a threat comes to us from the south, you create problems for us, providing this support to terrorist organizations. ”Of course, we cannot stand it. We warned that we will give an answer at the right time. Of course, they (the United States – Ed.) They can’t say. We have done what is needed at the moment, we are doing this, we will continue to do this, ”said Recep Tayyip Erdogan.