7 hours agoMeeting Merkel with Erdogan: Chancellor Questions Turkish President for Syria
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey's president, Recep Tayip Erdogan, have talked about the situation in northeast Syria. “They have agreed to continue in close contact on this issue”, said a German Government spokeswoman, who announced the telephone conversation between Chancellor Merkel and President Erdogan, but did not deliver [...]
“They have agreed to continue to be in close contact on this issue”, said a German Government spokeswoman, who announced the phone conversation between Chancellor Merkel and President Erdogan, but did not provide more details about the content of the conversation.
Turkey has carried out a military offensive in northern Syria in order to remove Kurdish fighters from that area, whom it considers a terrorist.
The ruling coalition in Germany has had doubts about how to respond to the Turkish offensive.
The Social Democrats have rejected a proposal by Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Carrenbauer to create a secure “ ” area from the United Nations, in the Syria-Turkey border zone.
The Turkish offensive in Syria has been interrupted after reaching a ceasefire agreement, which the United States and Russia have brokered.
Turkey and Russia have also reached an agreement to pull 30km off the Turkish-Siri border, Kurdish fighters.
