Erdogan: Turkey will pay higher price later if it does not act in Syria
Turkey will pay a higher price later if it does not
do what is necessary in northern Syria today, President Tayyip Erdogan said on
Tuesday after vowing at the weekend to carry out a military operation in a
Kurdish-controlled area east of the Euphrates.
Turkey has undertaken two previous military
operations in northern Syria. In a speech to Turkish ambassadors in Ankara,
Erdogan said that this “process would, God willing, very soon be taken to a new
stage.”
Turkey-US relations
Erdogan also said on Tuesday that he believes US
President Donald Trump will not allow ties between the two NATO allies to
become captive to a dispute over Ankara’s purchase of a Russian S-400 defense system.
Erdogan added that there is no evidence that S-400
missile defence system will harm US F-35 stealth fighter jets.
