Turkish FM: Ties with US at 'Very Critical Point’

Strained by American support for a terrorist group in Syria, Turkish relations with the US are close to breaking, warned Turkey’s foreign minister on Monday.


“Ties with the US are at very critical point. We will either fix these relations or they will break completely,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters in Istanbul on the sidelines of a Turkish-African meeting in Istanbul.

“We want concrete steps [from US]. The missing trust needs to be restored. The reason for that missing trust is the US," he said, Anadolu Agency reported.

Criticizing US ties with the YPG/PKK terror group in Syria -- the armed wing of the terrorist PYD/PKK -- he said, “The US is not touching Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) members in Syria as an excuse to continue working with YPG/PKK terrorist group.”

The US has long supported the PYD/PKK as a “reliable ally” in its fight against Daesh, over the strong objections of Ankara, which has documented that it is the Syrian branch of the terrorist PKK.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by the US, EU, and Turkey.
 (Tasnim)
 12/2/18