Turkey on Wednesday said it did “not accept” US claims that it had agreed a truce with Kurdish-led forces in northern Syria.
“We do not accept in any circumstances ... A ‘compromise or a ceasefire reached between Turkey and Kurdish elements,’” EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik told state-run Anadolu news agency.
“The Turkish republic is a sovereign, legitimate state.”
Celik said Turkey could not be put on an equal footing with a “terrorist organisation”, referring to the US-backed Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
A US defence official told AFP in Washington yesterday that the Turkish and Kurdish-led forces had reached a “loose agreement” to stop fighting each other.
last week, Turkey launched a two-pronged offensive against Islamic State jihadists and the YPG in northern Syria.