Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Ankara expects Washington to stop supporting the PKK, which Turkey considers a security threat, and called on the US to reconsider its approach in Syria.
“The US needs to reconsider its relationship parameters and step away from the obligation to support the PKK, which poses a threat to Turkey, particularly in the fight against ISIS (Daesh) in Syria,” Fidan said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic on Wednesday.
“This is a critical national security issue for us. The US sees it as a tactical necessity to keep ISIS (Daesh) members in prison. However, supporting the PKK while doing so is a national security concern for us, and it is a truly toxic issue between us and the US This has to end,” he said.
While acknowledging that the new US administration may struggle to reach an agreement with Syria’s PKK/YPG, which seeks its own governance and power base, Fidan expressed hope for a peaceful resolution to the issue.
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