Asked about Trump mediation with Kurds, Turkey says won't talk to terrorists -Deutsche Welle


Reuters | Updated: 12-10-2019 22:35 IST | Created: 12-10-2019 22:32 IST
Asked about Trump mediation with Kurds, Turkey says won't talk to terrorists -Deutsche Welle
"We don't mediate, negotiate with terrorists. The only thing to be done is for these terrorists to lay down arms," Cavusoglu said. Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
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Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu dismissed on Saturday an offer by U.S. President Donald Trump to mediate between Ankara and Kurdish YPG forces to halt Turkey's incursion in Syria, according to the transcript of an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

"We don't mediate, negotiate with terrorists. The only thing to be done is for these terrorists to lay down arms," Cavusoglu said. "We tried the political solution in Turkey in the past and we saw what happened."

 

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