(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Türkiye will take necessary steps against terrorists and will
not allow any terrorist group on its southern borders, a statement
released after National Security Council (MGK) meeting said
Thursday, trend reports citing daily sabah .
The MGK, chaired by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the
capital Ankara, focused on the potential ground operation targeting
terrorists in Syria.
Noting that the only target of the Turkish military's
counterterrorism operations on its southern borders is the
terrorist groups, the MGK statement highlighted that the meeting
informed the council about ongoing and planned operations against
all terrorist groups.
The statement also noted that Türkiye will not tolerate some
actors, which frequently employ lies and defamation against the
country, to target Turkish security forces.
Support for TRNC
Meanwhile, the MGK statement also reiterated Ankara's support
for the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Turkish
Cypriots, as it called on Greece to support the militarization of
islands with demilitarized status.
Türkiye expects Greece, which has been indifferent to Ankara's
calls for dialogue, to end its violation of islands with
demilitarized status, the statement underscored.
Ankara says Greece has been building a military presence in
violation of treaties that guarantee the unarmed status of the
Aegean islands. It argues the islands were ceded to Greece on the
condition they remained demilitarized.
Athens counters that the islands, which have been garrisoned for
decades and lie within close striking distance of a large Turkish
landing fleet, can't be left undefended.
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