Jeffrey to visit Ankara amid latest Turkish military mobilizations
North-Press Agency
The US special envoy to Syria, James Jeffrey, is expected to visit Ankara on Monday to hold talks with the Turkish side on the latest developments in Syria, coinciding with the Turkish military mobilizations on the borders with Syria.
While it’s expected to discuss the proposed security zone in northern and eastern Syria, and the implementation of the US-Turkish road map on Manbij, concerning the withdrawal of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) to the east of the Euphrates, as the two sides have previously agreed, on June 4, 2018.
According to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper quoting diplomatic sources, Jeffrey’s visit was made upon a phone call last night between the US National Security Adviser John Bolton and the Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin.
Jeffrey and his accompanying delegation, are due to meet the Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin and the Minister of Defense Hulusi Akar, and other Turkish foreign ministry’s officials.
While the Turkish President Erdogan had recently referred to Turkish preparations for operations in Tal-Abyad and Tal-Rifaat, east of the Euphrates and north of Aleppo, areas under the control of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
While Pentagon spokesman Sean Robertson denied the alleged accusations by Turkish officials about holding joint meetings with the US regarding the situation in Syria, stressing that there were no meetings in this period in Washington, describing the information as false.