“Erdogan, in principle, warned everyone that they were going to carry out the operation, that the purpose of the operation was the fight against terrorist groups in his understanding. Accordingly, as soon as he accomplishes this task, Turkish troops will be withdrawn from the north of Syria, ”Tass quoted Lavrentiev as saying.
As the Special Representative noted, Russia's position is that only Syrian troops should be on the Syrian border with Turkey.
This, he said, would be the best guarantee of protection against the threat of terrorist attacks emanating from Syria against Turkey.
Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a map with the alignment of forces in northern Syria, where Turkish forces came close to government forces.
As Erdogan noted, the operation in Syria is carried out according to the plan submitted to the UN Security Council.
Media, citing diplomats, wrote that the UN Security Council on October 16 will discuss Turkey’s military operation “Source of Peace” in Syria.