“Negotiations with the United States on creating a security zone in Syria are ongoing, they are being held in a positive, constructive manner. Our approaches are converging, ”NTV quoted Akara as saying.

He noted that Turkey will not allow the creation of a “terrorist corridor” along its southern borders.

It was previously reported that Turkey plans to create a security zone along its borders in northern Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara intends to soon carry out an operation against militants in Syrian territory on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River.

Pentagon chief Mark Esper said the US is opposed to “any unilateral Turkish invasion” of northern Syria.