Did not execute agreements: Erdogan accused the Russian Federation at the beginning of a military operation in Syria
According to him, one of the reasons for the onset of hostilities is that Russia has not fulfilled its part of the agreements on "the destruction of terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria. " About it reports the Turkish edition of Daily Sabah. The Turkish leader noted that the authorities of the country will be responsible for the terrorist attack that occurred in Istanbul on November 13.
"As we said earlier, if someone violates the peace of our country and lands, we will make it pay for it," Erdogan said. Asked if Turkey was discussing this operation with Russia and the United States, Erdogan said that he had no conversations with the leaders of the two countries on this issue, but he recalled that there was an agreement between Ankara and Moscow to clean up YPG fighters (detachments People's self -defense) and RPC (Kurdistan Workers' Party).
"They were responsible for cleaning this area from terrorists. Unfortunately, despite the fact that we reminded them of it many times, they did not do so," Erdogan said. The Turkish President added that the US and Russia did not fulfill their obligations to ensure such a safe zone in the border region, after the Russian Federation expressed its readiness to displace the terrorist group from Tal-Rifaate and Manbigia in October 2019 after reaching the relevant agreement.
"Despite our repeated warnings of Russia, which, according to our Sochin agreement in 2019, is responsible for the destruction of terrorists in northern Iraq and Syria, Moscow refuses to fulfill its duty," Erdogan said. We will remind, on November 21 in the Turkish city of carks were struck on the part of Syria. According to CNN Turk, YPG and PPK forces released five missiles around the city, causing two people to die.