Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu discussed the latest developments regarding northern Syria, the Ukraine War, NATO enlargement and other bilateral issues in a phone call with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken on Thursday.
Türkiye will continue to fight terrorists in Syria, Çavuşoğlu told Blinken during the call.
Discussing the latest developments in Syria with Blinken, Çavuşoğlu emphasized that Türkiye’s fight against terrorism will continue with determination, according to a statement by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Türkiye will not seek permission from anyone to exercise its right to self-defense against the PKK terrorist group and its Syrian branch, the YPG, senior Turkish officials repeated many times.
Recently, Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Sword, a cross-border aerial campaign against the PKK terrorist group and its Syrian wing, the YPG, which have illegal hideouts across the Iraqi and Syrian borders where they plan attacks on Turkish soil. The country’s air operation followed a PKK/YPG terrorist attack on Nov. 13 on Istanbul’s crowded Istiklal Street that killed six people and left 81 injured. The Turkish Defense Ministry said the operation was carried out in line with the right of self-defense under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.
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