Erdogan: In the summer we will solve the problem on the border with Iraq

THE Turkey to tighten the cordon around the rebels of the Kurdish organization PKK in Iraq and the problem will be solved for good this summer, clarified the Recep Tayyip Erdogan, statement construed as forewarning escalation of military operations.

Specifically, after the cabinet meeting, the Turkish president said: “We are ready to close the cordon that will secure our border with Iraq. By the will of God, we will have finally resolved the issue on our border with Iraq this summer. We urge everyone in the area to respect our security strategy, which we have clearly outlined to them. Otherwise, they themselves will be the cause of the tensions that will arise.”

He also mentioned, according to APE-MPE, that his country is making preparations “where they will become new nightmares for those who believe that Turkey will be brought to its knees by a terrorist state along its southern border”.

Referring to war in Gaza Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the first building of a Jewish settlement would be enough in itself to show that the cause of this atrocity is nothing else, “but only theft, immorality and dishonor”.

At the same time, he also referred to Turkish defense industry saying Turkey is in the top three export positions worldwide in the technology of armed drones and at the top of their exports. Last year alone, exports of drones amounted to $1.8 billion, the Turkish president said.

Source: News Beast

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