"In fact, we are working together in Manbij and this is a very important operation. There is a piece of the border between Turkey and Syria that has been under the control of Daesh [ISIL]. And that Daesh has used it to get foreign fighters coming into Syria, to replenish its supply of fighters, but also to send fighters, terrorists out of Syria once they’ve been trained to attack in Turkey, to attack in Europe, to attack in the United States. Together, we came up with an operation to try to close that border, both from the West, moving west to east, and also from the East and the South moving up north and west. That operation is having real success and it’s a result of coordination, cooperation between the United States and Turkey," Blinken said in an interview with the private broadcaster CNN Türk during his a day-long visit to the Turkish capital Ankara on June 17.
However, on the U.S. cooperation with the People’s Defense Units (YPG), the Democratic Union Party's (PYD) militia forces regarded as the off-shoots of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) by Turkey, Blinken said the U.S. was working with a number of groups that are part of a shared interest in defeating ISIL while also sharing Turkey's concerns about the PKK.
"We have a strong shared interest, as I said, in defeating Daesh, and in Syria we’re working with a variety of groups that share that interest. And we are trying to be as effective as we can be in eliminating the threat posed by Daesh. We’re also extremely sensitive to Turkey’s concerns about the PKK, and indeed, we are supporting Turkey’s efforts and, in particular, we have repeatedly called on the PKK to cease its acts of terrorism, to lay down its arms, to return to the negotiating table that, unfortunately, it made the decision to leave. So, we’ve been acting in solidarity with Turkey when it comes to the PKK," Blinken said.
In addition, he stressed that the U.S. would not support any group taking advantage of the situation in Syria for their political interests, saying that the aim was a unified Syria with its own unified national sovereignty.........http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/manbij-operation-having-real-success-due-to-cooperation-with-turkey-blinken.aspx?pageID=238&nID=100643&NewsCatID=352
18/6/16
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