Chaiko’s journey to the northeast got here days after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to order a land invasion of northern Syria focusing on Kurdish teams following the Nov. 3, explosion in Istanbul that killed six individuals and wounded dozens.
Russia has known as for de-escalation alongside the Turkey-Syria border.
Turkey has launched a barrage of airstrikes on suspected militant targets in northern Syria and Iraq over the previous week, in retaliation for the Istanbul bombing that Ankara blames on the Kurdish teams. The teams have denied involvement within the bombing, and say Turkish strikes have killed civilians and threatened the struggle in opposition to the Islamic State group.
The Lebanon-based pan-Arab Al-Mayadeen TV reported that Chaiko mentioned with Abdi tensions alongside the northern border and what could be achieved to keep away from a brand new main incursion by Turkey. The station, which has reporters in numerous components of Syria, mentioned Chaiko instructed the deployment of Syrian authorities forces alongside the border with Turkey as much as 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of the border.
One other SDF spokesman, Aram Hanna, instructed the Al-Arabiya TV station Monday that the Russians put ahead through the talks the circumstances of the Turkish aspect. He added with out giving element: “We reject all of the calls for of the Turkish occupiers.”
