Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Monday that the decision to establish what he described as a “safe zone” at the border with Syria is still in place.
This came in a speech by Erdogan during his annual meeting with the ambassadors of Ankara all over the world, in reference to the military operation that his country intends to implement in northern Syria, according to the Anadolu Agency.
“Our decision to establish a safe zone at a depth of 30 kilometers at our southern border is still valid,” Erdogan said during the meeting.
The Turkish president touched on the file of gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, noting that his country has not and will not allow any action or activities in its maritime areas of influence.
Last June, the Turkish National Security Council issued a statement about the military operations to be carried out on the southern border, amid an escalation that intensified by announcing the establishment of a “safe zone.”
The Council indicated that the ongoing military operations and those that will be carried out on the southern borders are necessary for Turkey’s national security and do not target neighboring countries, as it claimed.
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin revealed earlier that the Turkish military operation in northern Syria may start at any moment.
Kalin made it clear that Turkey does not need to obtain permission from anyone to carry out this operation, and that it is not obliged to set a specific date for it, as he claimed.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently confirmed that the Turkish military operation will begin as soon as preparations are completed for the completion of the security belt on the southern border.
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