Erdogan: Bolton made "serious mistake" in saying "targets Kurds”

Erdogan: Bolton made "serious mistake" in saying "targets Kurds”
If the visiting US national security aide wants to speak to a Turkish official, he should talk with the presidential spokesman, said Turkey’s president on Tuesday.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan turning down a meeting with US National Security Adviser John Bolton followed Bolton’s claim that Turkey “targets Kurds” in Syria, claims that were firmly rejected by Ankara.

Erdogan has accused the US national-security adviser of making "a very serious mistake" by demanding that Turkey not harm Kurdish militiamen in Syria as President Donald Trump plans to withdraw US troops from the war-torn country.

Bolton visited Ankara to seek assurances that Turkey won't attack US-allied Kurdish militia in northeastern Syria that Ankara views as terrorists.

He held a two-hour meeting at the presidential complex in Ankara on the morning of January 8 with Ibrahim Kalin, a senior adviser to Erdogan.

A spokesman for the US National Security Council, Garrett Marquis, said in a statement the two sides had identified further issues for dialogue and that the United States looks forward to ongoing military-to-military consultations.

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