Türkiye Will Not Allow 'Terror Corridor' On Southern Border
Date
12/2/2022 7:09:25 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Türkiye will never allow the emergence of a 'terror corridor' on
its border, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Friday, trend reports citing daily sabah .
Akar's comments came a day after the National Security Council
(MGK) underlined that Türkiye will not tolerate the presence and
activities of any terrorist group in its region.
'We will never in any way allow the formation of a terror
corridor or the activities of terrorists' on Türkiye's southern
border, Akar told reporters in the northwestern province of
Canakkale.
A total of 491 terrorists have been eliminated so far in
Türkiye's ongoing cross-border campaign against the PKK terrorist
group's Syrian branch, the YPG, he said, adding that only terrorist
groups were targeted in the operation.
'We have also done everything that needs to be done so far not
to harm the coalition forces and civilians. We will continue to do
so,' Akar said.
Calling on all our interlocutors to cut off their ties and not
to support terrorists, he stressed Türkiye respects Iraq and
Syria's territorial integrity and sovereign rights.
Because the fight against Daesh cannot be 'done like this. The
only army fighting hand-to-hand against ISIS is Türkiye's army. And
it is the Turkish army that neutralized more than 4,000
terrorists,' he said.
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