Erdogan: We will not occupy any part of Syria and we will take the next steps after the meeting with Putin

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that his country would not occupy any part of Syria and would take the next steps after talks in Russia, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that the Turkish operation is aimed at the militants and not the Kurdish component.

At the opening of the TRT World Forum in Istanbul today, Erdogan said that Turkey does not aspire in the soil of any country, does not target the freedom of any people, and that it does not want to take any land that does not belong to it, stressing that the Turkish operation in Syria aims to protect Security of Turkey.

"We will not sit with any terrorist organization at the negotiating table; mistaken those who believe that the problem of terrorism and refugees will remain confined to Turkey forever."

"Turkey is different from those who show malicious intentions in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Africa and the Balkans," he said. "We are there for the common destiny that unites us.

Erdogan attacked Western countries by saying that the whole West - including NATO and the European Union - had lined up with "terrorism" and attacked Turkey. "Since when did you start to move with terrorists, you have claimed that you are against terrorism."

Erdogan also criticized the Americans, saying: How will those who say they are the strongest in the world justify sending 30 thousand trucks of arms, ammunition and equipment to Kurdish forces in northern Syria through Iraq?

Erdogan said he would discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Sochi the latest developments in Syria, after which he would take the necessary steps. Officials from the two countries have said that the talks will discuss the role of the Syrian regime forces in maintaining security on the border after the withdrawal of Kurdish militias.

I stayed 35 hours
On the other hand, Gavishoglu said during the opening of the forum that his country is not against the Kurdish component, and it has received 350 thousand of them have taken refuge from Syria, stressing that Ankara's relations with the Kurdistan region of Iraq is very good.

He added that the Kurdish militias were seeking to establish a terrorist state adjacent to the Turkish border, and that his country was seeking to establish a safe area there with the United States, while the latter continued to support the Kurdish militias with weapons.

He condemned the "disinformation campaigns" targeting Turkey since the start of the operation, noting that it remained 35 hours of the time limit for the withdrawal of "terrorists" under the Turkish-American agreement, and that if the "terrorists" did not withdraw from the safe area, the operation "spring of peace" Will resume.