No Plan with US on North Syria Safe Zone: Erdogan


No Plan with US on North Syria Safe Zone: Erdogan

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he had not yet seen an acceptable plan for the creation of a safe zone in northeastern Syria, three weeks after US President Donald Trump suggested establishing the zone.

"There is no satisfactory plan that is put before us concretely yet," Erdogan told a parliamentary meeting of his AK Party, Reuters reported.

"Of course we are loyal to our agreements, our promise is a promise. But our patience is not limitless."

Turkey wants the zone to be cleared of the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia which Ankara considers a terrorist group.

Erdogan also said that if terrorists are not removed from the northern town of Manbij in a few weeks, Turkey's waiting time will end.

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