“The United States is our only interlocutor”: Turkey excludes the intervention of French troops in Syria, citing threats to its security

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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Paris of turning a blind eye to Turkey's security concerns and called on the country to repatriate its own “jihadist nationals” from Syria.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said earlier that he was working to ensure that Syria's transformation does not lead to new security threats. (Reuters)

Turkey's top diplomat on Friday ruled out any role for French troops in Syria, saying Washington was its only interlocutor as U.S. officials sought to prevent Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters.

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan accused Paris of turning a blind eye to Turkey's security concerns and called on France to take back its jihadist nationals imprisoned in Syria.

Paris and Washington hope to dissuade their NATO ally from stepping up its offensive against the Kurdish-led SDF, which helped them defeat the Islamic State group in 2019.

The SDF is seen by many in the West as a crucial player in keeping jihadists at bay. Turkey, however, sees it as a major threat to its security because of its links with the PKK, which has been waging an insurgency for decades on Turkish soil.

Asked about the possible deployment of American and French troops in northern Syria to ease tensions with the Kurds, Fidan rejected any role for France.

The United States is our only interlocutor,” he told reporters in Istanbul. Frankly, we do not take into account countries that are trying to promote their own interests in Syria by hiding behind the United States.

We have said it many times: we have no chance of living with such a threat. Either someone else will take the plunge or we will,” he added.

Turkey, he declared, has the strength, the capacity and above all the determination to eliminate at the source all threats to its survival,” echoing the threats made earlier this week by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish offensive against Kurdish-led SDF

SDF forces control dozens of prisons and camps in northeast Syria, where thousands of jihadists and their families are detained.

Among them are several dozen French nationals as well as other foreign extremists whose countries of origin are deeply concerned about having to take them back.

Despite Western insistence on the crucial role played by the SDF in curbing the resurgence of jihadism, Turkey views it as little more than a glorified jihadist jailer.

What France should do is take back its own citizens, bring them to its own prisons and judge them,” Fidan said.

It is wrong to ask the YPG, another terrorist organization, to keep these prisoners in exchange for support,” he said of the Kurdish group that makes up the bulk of the SDF.

France ignored Turkey's security concerns by not repatriating its jihadists.

They have a policy: they do not return ISIS prisoners to their own country. But they don’t care about our safety,” he said.

Turkey's only objective was to ensure stability” in Syria, he insisted.

They always present their own demands and take no action on our concerns,” he added, promising that Turkey would resolve the issue in its own way.

Last month, Fidan said Western support for the SDF was little more than reward for ensuring their own jihadist nationals did not return home.

Unfortunately, our American friends and certain European friends are using a terrorist organization to keep other terrorists in prison,” he said in an interview with France24.

(This article has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – AFP)

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