President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Tuesday that Ankara’s priority was keeping calm borders and that Syria’s Assad regime needs to engage in a real political process to de-escalate events in its north.
“Erdoğan stated that Türkiye, in accordance with its national security and interests, is taking steps to prevent the PKK terrorist organisation and its extensions from taking advantage of the developments and would take (further) steps,” the Turkish presidency said in a readout of a phone call.
Erdoğan also told Sudani during the call that Türkiye valued Syria‘s territorial integrity, unity and stability, adding that Ankara wanted to avoid civilian deaths, the presidency said in a statement.