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TEHRAN, March 30 -French President Emmanuel Macron has promised support for US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Syria, who have been the target of a Turkish offensive, prompting Ankara to angrily slam the offer as “clear support for terrorists.”
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -French President Emmanuel Macron has promised support for US-backed Kurdish militants in northern Syria, who have been the target of a Turkish offensive, prompting Ankara to angrily slam the offer as “clear support for terrorists.”
For the first time since entering the Elysee Palace, Macron on Thursday hosted a delegation of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of militias in northern and eastern Syria which is largely dominated by the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).
“The president ... paid tribute to the sacrifices and the determining role of the SDF in the fight against Daesh,” Macron’s office said in a statement.
“He assured the SDF of France’s support for the stabilization of the security zone in the northeast of Syria, within the framework of an inclusive and balanced governance, to prevent any resurgence of” Daesh, the statement added.
Also present at the meeting were representatives of Syria's Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), commonly referred to as the YPG’s political wing, as well as some Arab and Christian figures.
Khaled Eissa, a PYD member representing the northern Syria region in Paris, said the French head of state had promised to deploy more ground troops to the area while also providing humanitarian assistance and pushing for a diplomatic solution.
“There will be reinforcements to help secure from attacks by Islamic State (Daesh) and stop a foreign aggression,” he said, referring to Turkey and its ongoing military operation against Kurdish groups inside Syria’s northern territory of Afrin.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan authorized the intervention in January, calling for Afrin to be cleared of YPG “terrorists.”
Source:Press TV
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