A Turkish minister has said his country does "not accept" US claims that its military has reached a ceasefire deal with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria.
The statement came after US officials said that Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces had agreed on a temporary pause in fighting in northern Syria.
The US has been warning the sides to focus on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group elements there.
"We do not accept in any circumstances ... a 'compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey and Kurdish elements'," Omer Celik, EU affairs minister, told the state-run Anadolu news agency in a live interview on Wednesday.
US officials had claimed on Tuesday they received assurance that all parties involved were going to stop shooting at each other and focus on the ISIL threat.
"It is a loose agreement for at least the next couple of days and we are hoping that will solidify," Colonel John Thomas, spokesman for the US Central Command, was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
Thomas said Turkey and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up largely of Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG), had opened communications with the US and between each other "with the goal of limiting hostilities".
Thomas called the reported agreement between the two groups "encouraging"...
Source: Al Jazeera News And Agencies
31/8/16
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The statement came after US officials said that Turkish-backed Syrian rebels and Kurdish forces had agreed on a temporary pause in fighting in northern Syria.
The US has been warning the sides to focus on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group elements there.
"We do not accept in any circumstances ... a 'compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey and Kurdish elements'," Omer Celik, EU affairs minister, told the state-run Anadolu news agency in a live interview on Wednesday.
- "The Turkish republic is a sovereign, legitimate state."
US officials had claimed on Tuesday they received assurance that all parties involved were going to stop shooting at each other and focus on the ISIL threat.
"It is a loose agreement for at least the next couple of days and we are hoping that will solidify," Colonel John Thomas, spokesman for the US Central Command, was quoted as saying by AFP news agency.
Thomas said Turkey and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up largely of Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG), had opened communications with the US and between each other "with the goal of limiting hostilities".
Thomas called the reported agreement between the two groups "encouraging"...
Source: Al Jazeera News And Agencies
31/8/16
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