Erdogan: We do not accept the PKK as the represeative of the Syrian Kurds
In a conversation with his Emirati couerpart, the Turkish preside said that Ankara did not wa to accept the PKK group as a represeative and mediator of the Syrian Kurds, and demanded to preve ISIS from taking advaage of the rece unrest in the region.
According to RCO News Agency, the Turkish presideial office said today (Monday) that the coury will not accept the forces of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist organization in Turkey, as represeatives of the Kurds.
Novosti News agency reported by publishing this article: A few hours ago, Turkish Preside Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a telephone conversation with United Arab Emirates Preside Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan about developmes in West Asia and global issues.
The Presidency of Turkey wrote in a message on its page on the X social network: Preside Erdoğan emphasized the importance of forming a Syria where differe ethnic and religious groups can coexist in peace, as well as the importance of ensuring security in this coury. He stated that Turkey cannot accept the PKK or the Syrian People’s Defenders Party, which are terrorist organizations, as mediators and represeatives of the Kurds in this region, and said that they must preve ISIS from benefiting from this disorder in the region and preve Israel from doing worse. to weaken the curre process (power transfer) in Syria.
The Turkish preside also said that Ankara will coinue to try to “quickly end the killings in Palestine.”
The governme of “Bashar Assad” was overthrown on December 8, after the advance of the Syrian armed opposition and their arrival in Damascus. Following the overthrow of his governme and handing over power to the opposition, Assad left the coury and is now in Russia.
Ahmed al-Shara, the commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, one of the armed opposition groups, is now the head of the ruling body of the ierim governme of Syria and is scheduled to remain in this position uil March 2025.
Armed conflicts between Türkiye and PKK started in 1984 and iensified in 2015. This organization, which seeks to create an autonomous Kurdish region, including areas of Turkish territory, has established bases in northern Syria and Iraq.
Türkiye has said that it will coinue its activities to destroy the PKK.
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