“Of course, if I had a choice, I would like them to leave Syria and Iraq.
In the same way as they brought (the military. -
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) out of Afghanistan, "he said in an interview with the American television channel CBS.
Erdogan noted that "if we are going to contribute to peace on the planet, then there is no point in staying in these parts of the world."
“We can simply leave these people, these administrations, so that they make their own decisions,” the Turkish leader emphasized.
Earlier, Erdogan said that he intends to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the situation in the Syrian province of Idlib.