Erdogan: Manbij roadmap won’t be impacted by US tension

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday (August 3) that he expected a joint roadmap with the United States regarding Manbij not to be impacted by tensions between the NATO allies.

Erdogan’s comments, in a speech in Ankara, came two days after Washington imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers over the trial of a US pastor. Turkey has said the sanctions were unacceptable.

Erdogan and Trump stressed last month that Manbij roadmap prepared by both Turkish and US officials would be applied as planned.

Manbij roadmap was announced after a meeting in Washington between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut cavusoglu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The deal focuses on the withdrawal of the YPG from the northern Syrian city and stability in the region.