Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has urged the U.S. to "show consistency" between words and actions, Hurriyet reports.
"Words and actions cannot be different, this is unacceptable. We hope to see some consistency between what they [the U.S.] tell us and the things they do on the ground," Erdoğan said.
Asked about speculation over a possible clash between Turkish and U.S. soldiers in Syria’s Manbij, Erdoğan stated that the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) and its armed wing the People’s Protection Units (YPG) should be removed from the area.
"There should not be any terror organizations there. We have always advocated that Manbij should be returned to its true owners: The Arabs. I conveyed our position to Tillerson," he said, also vowing to press ahead with "Operation Olive Branch" in Afrin against the YPG.