Russian President Vladimir Putin is attending the CIS summit. (Source: Reuters)
Overseas Network October 11th Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (11th) that Turkey’s military action in Syria may lead to the extremist organization "Islamic State" (IS) resuming its threat to the region.
According to Al Jazeera’s 11th news, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the same day that Turkey’s military action in Syria caused Kurds to flee the region, and these Kurdish armed forces had been monitoring and resisting thousands of IS terrorists in this region. Putin said that he is not sure whether the Turkish army can control the situation and how long it can control it. "And this is the real threat to the interests in our region." According to reports, Putin expressed the above concerns when attending the summit meeting of CIS countries in Turkmenistan.
Turkish President Erdogan. (Source: Reuters)
Earlier this Wednesday (9th), Erdogan announced the launch of a military operation codenamed "Peace Fountain" against Kurdish armed forces and IS terrorists in northern Syria, and said that the goal of the operation was to eliminate the terrorist threat to Turkey and establish a safe area in the region for millions of Syrian refugees to return home. On the third day of the operation, the Turkish Ministry of Defence announced that the Turkish army had eliminated at least 277 Kurdish militiamen, and the first soldier of the Turkish army was killed that day. At present, there is a serious conflict between Turkish troops and Kurdish armed forces in Syrian border towns.
Smoke billowed after the air raid in Turkey. (Image cut from BBC video)
Turkey’s military actions have been widely opposed by all parties. The Syrian side has repeatedly condemned Turkey’s occupation policy in northern Syria. The Iranian side, which supports Syria, expressed its concern about military actions and said that only under the condition of respecting Syria’s territorial integrity can the situation be resolved by peaceful means. In addition, Egypt, the League of Arab States, Britain, France and Germany successively strongly condemned Turkey, while NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg called on Turkey to "exercise restraint". (Compile/Hou Xingchuan)
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