Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar made statements at TRT World Forum.
Akar, "We have an indestructible connection with the United States. With this operation, Erdogan's vision of the region will bring peace and alliance with the United States will continue," he said.
The headlines of Minister Akar's speech are as follows:
"Terrorists cannot represent our Kurdish citizens"
No terrorist can represent our Kurdish brother. We recently saw that a 9-month-old baby was tragically killed. 181 Syrians were injured at the border. Because of the terrorist attacks of the PKK. If we look at the nature of these terrorist organizations, it is very natural.
"Peace Spring Operation will be stopped if the commitments are complied with"
(120-hour deal between the US and Turkey) were expected to leave the PKK and YPG's battle scenes. We follow closely. We expect these conditions to be observed. If these commitments are followed, the Operation Spring will be stopped. Otherwise we will continue.
"We will continue our alliance with America"
About 200 DAESH members were captured. More than 300 DAESH members were also neutralized. We have an indestructible connection with the US. With this operation, we will bring peace to the region with Erdoğan's vision and maintain our alliance with America.