Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that Turkey expects the Kurdish militia to leave within 120 hours the safe zone to be established by Ankara in northern Syria.
People’s Protection Units Referring to the People’s Protection Units, Erdogan said the YPG “should leave the area which we have designated as a safe zone”, Xinhua reported.
He said the planned safe zone shall extend 32 km in depth and 444 km in length.
“But we will see what will be the case in practice,” he added, noting that Turkish forces will not withdraw from the region as part of the deal reached with the US in Ankara on Thursday.
Erdogan dismisses rumours Erdogan also dismissed rumours about clashes erupting in the designated safe zone after the deal was done.
The Turkish leader is expected to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on October 22 in the Russian city of Sochi.
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