“We will continue to call terrorists terrorists. We have never sat at the negotiating table with a terrorist organization ... and we will not sit, ”RIA Novosti quoted his statement during a speech in Istanbul.

According to him, the Western countries that condemned the military operation of Ankara "Source of Peace", thus show solidarity with the "criminals".

Earlier, Erdogan promised to resume the military operation in Syria and continue to “crush terrorism” in the north of the SAR, if the agreement with the United States on the withdrawal of Kurdish forces is not fulfilled.