Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived on Wednesday in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region for talks with regional president Massud Barzani over the Kurds involvement in the Syrian crisis.
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived on Wednesday in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region for talks with regional president Massud Barzani over the Kurds involvement in the Syrian crisis.
Kurdish officials said the talks would focus on "the situation of Kurds in Syria."
For its part, media reports said that Davutoglu’s visit aims at asking Barzani not to support the Kurdish autonomy in Syria.
The CNNTurk reported that Davutoglu would send three main messages to the Kurdish leader.
It said that Turkey would express concern about the PYD organization considered to be a Syrian wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) control over the 6 Kurdish regions bordering Turkey.
In the interview with TV channel Kanal 7, Davutoglu stated that during the meeting with Barzani he should outline Ankara’s position that there should not be any terrorist group, Erbil should not support the PYD groups clashing with the Syrian opposition and any ethnic or religious institution should not be created in the north of Syria.
Davutoglu mentioned that after creating a “reliable” state structure in Syria, Ankara would support “the Syrian Kurds to receive all the constitutional rights of that country”.
"We will not allow the formation of a terrorist structuring near our border.”
"We reserve every right... No matter if it is Al-Qaeda or the PKK, we would consider it a matter of national security and take every measure," Davutoglu told the Kanal 7.