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28.10.2021 | 20:25
Neither Russia nor the United States kept their promises on withdrawing the PKK terrorist group’s Syrian wing, the YPG, from agreed areas, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Thursday.
“The YPG/PKK’s attacks have increased. In this situation, we have to do what is necessary on our own,” he said during a televised interview with CNN Türk.
“The PKK is a threat to all of us.”
The U.S. and Russia were supposed to push the YPG elements 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) to the south from the areas in control of Washington and Moscow, Turkey’s top diplomat said.
“They did not keep their promises so far. On the contrary, the U.S. continued to support them (YPG).”
He said that Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed these issues at their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, while it is also expected to be on the agenda of the Turkish president’s meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Glasgow on the sidelines of COP26.
