In a session chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the National Security Council reaffirms the nation’s dedication to fully remove the PKK terrorist organisation and all its extensions.
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Türkiye’s National Security Council has vowed to proceed its efforts to remove the PKK/YPG, regardless of the help that the terrorist group receives as proven in current occasions in neighbouring Syria and Iraq.
The newest developments in Syria and Iraq have been “instrumental in understanding the real intention of those who continue to equip the PKK/KCK-PYD/YPG by all means and capabilities, including helicopters, under the guise of combating terror group Daesh,” the council mentioned in an announcement on Thursday after convening within the capital Ankara.
In its greater than 35-year terror marketing campaign towards Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terrorist group by Türkiye, the US, and the EU — has been answerable for the deaths of over 40,000 individuals, together with girls, kids, and infants. The YPG is its Syrian department.
Noting Türkiye’s success in counterterror operations, the National Security Council reaffirmed the nation’s dedication “to completely eliminate the separatist terrorist organisation (referring to PKK/YPG) and all its extensions, despite all the support behind them, and will not allow the creation of a terror corridor along its borders.”
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Ties with Greece
Türkiye’s efforts in sustaining peace and stability that was achieved in shut session and cooperation with the Balkan nations, it additionally famous following the session on the presidential complicated underneath the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Developments that might have an effect on current points within the area are being monitored carefully, added the council.
On relations with Greece, the council expressed the need to keep up the constructive environment that was achieved lately, noting that it could profit each side, in addition to the area.
It additional underlined that present developments within the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean have been being adopted carefully.
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Source: AA
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