“As our president stated, there can be no question of agreeing to this, for us there can be no question of listening to this,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan previously announced an operation in Syria that the international community would “understand”.

In turn, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview with RT Arabic, said that the army and the Syrian people are ready, if necessary, to confront Turkish troops on their territory.