“This morning, Turkey, a member of NATO, invaded Syria. The US does not approve of this attack and made it clear to Turkey that this operation is a bad idea, ”the text of Trump’s statement says.

At the same time, he noted that there are no US military in the Turkish operation zone in Syria.

“Turkey is now responsible for ensuring that all the militants of the Islamic State * who are in captivity remain in prison and that the Islamic State does not revive in any way or in any way,” the statement said.

On October 9, Erdogan announced the start of an operation of the Turkish Armed Forces in Syria.

According to the head of state, the operation "will eliminate the terrorist threat against Turkey."

* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.