{"id":56861,"date":"2018-01-18T09:10:36","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T09:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56861"},"modified":"2018-01-18T09:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T09:10:36","slug":"turkey-says-u-s-denial-syrian-border-force-plan-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/turkey-says-u-s-denial-syrian-border-force-plan-important.html","title":{"rendered":"Turkey says U.S. denial of Syrian border force plan &#8216;important&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Turkey says U.S. denial of Syrian border force plan &#8216;important&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Turkey said on Thursday Washington\u2019s denial that it intended to build a border force in Syria was \u201cimportant\u201d, but added Ankara would not remain silent in the face of any force that threatened its borders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Turkey reacted angrily after the U.S.-led coalition said it would help its Syrian militia allies, dominated by the Kurdish YPG, to set up a new 30,000-strong border force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday he had met Turkey\u2019s foreign minister to clarify the issue and said the situation had been \u201cmisportrayed, misdescribed. Some people misspoke\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u201cThis statement is important but Turkey cannot remain silent in the face of any formation which will threaten its borders,\u201d Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul told broadcaster NTV when asked about Tillerson\u2019s comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Ankara views the YPG as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has fought an insurgency in southeast Turkey since 1984. Turkey, the United States and the European Union deem the PKK a terrorist group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Turkey and the United States, both allies in NATO, have been on the same side for much of Syria\u2019s civil war, both supporting rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. 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