Ankara calls on Washington to stop its support for the Syrian Democratic Forces
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said, “The United States must end its support for the Syrian Democratic Forces.”
This came in statements he made, during his participation in an interview on the local television news station “TRT”, in which he discussed a number of issues on the domestic and foreign arenas.
In his statements, Qalan added that he discussed, last Tuesday, during a phone call with US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan, a number of issues and controversial issues and other matters of common interest between Washington and Ankara.
Qalan pointed out that the support provided by the United States since the era of former President Barack Obama to the Syrian Democratic Forces remains one of the controversial issues between the two countries, noting that this was a cause of tension in relations with the American administrations, which began during the Obama era, and went on greatly. In the Trump era.
He added, “We differ about supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria, but we have many common points regarding the future of the Assad regime, in addition to other common points, such as Iraq, the fight against ISIS, the eastern Mediterranean, Libya and other places.”
He concluded that “during the next few days, it is likely that there will be contact between the foreign ministers of the two countries, provided that the same thing will happen in the coming weeks. There is no specific date now, between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Biden.”
