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In an address to ruling party politicians, Erdogan explained that Turkiye is determined to "close down all of our southern borders... with a security corridor that will prevent the possibility of attacks on our country."
He said the ground incursion will begin "at the most convenient time for us," and will target the regions of Tel Rifaat, Mambij and Kobani, which he called "sources of trouble."
Erdogan also reassured the Iraqi and Syrian governments that Ankara’s operation is not a challenge to their illusory sovereignty or territorial integrity, and stressed that the aim of the operation is to protect the security of Turkiye. If those countries "cannot fulfill the requirements of the agreement, we have the right to take care of it ourselves," he warned.
Retaliatory raids have escalated along the
'Battlefield' won't decide Russia-Ukraine conflict — Türkiye
[RT] Russia and Ukraine will inevitably have to sit down at the negotiating table to resolve the ongoing conflict, Turkiye's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a conference on Wednesday. Military action won't bring about its end and will only prolong the hostilities, he added.
"One way or another, this war will end at the [negotiating] table," the minister told an audience at Bilkent University in Ankara. "We do not think that it will end through military gains on the ground," he added, warning of a "risk of war that could last for decades."
According to Cavusoglu, Russia and Ukraine were already "very close to a ceasefire" during talks in Istanbul in spring before "moving away" from the negotiating table. The two sides haven’t sat down to negotiate since talks in Istanbul in late March. Moscow was initially optimistic about the prospects for a peace deal but later accused Kiev of torpedoing the talks.