France and Turkey will be working in the coming weeks on a “diplomatic road map” for an end to the nearly seven-year war in Syria, President Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Sunday.
The announcement came after Macron spoke by telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday which discussed in particular Turkey’s operation against Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria.
Macron had incensed Turkish officials last week by saying in a newspaper interview that France would have a “real problem” with the campaign if it turned out to be an “invasion operation”.
Turkey’s State-run Anadolu news agency reported on Saturday that Erdogan had sought to reassure Macron during their talk, saying Ankara had no eye on Syrian territory.