Turkey summons French ambassador over parliament decision on Syria operation

Source: Xinhua| 2019-11-01 01:25:52|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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ANKARA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday summoned French ambassador to Turkey over decisions by the two houses of the French Parliament on Turkey's military operation in northern Syria.

French Ambassador to Turkey Charles Fries was summoned to the ministry over the resolution adopted by the French Parliament on the Turkish Operation Peace Spring, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official told Xinhua.

On Thursday, Turkish Foreign Ministry also condemned the resolution in a written statement.

"We strongly condemn and reject the decisions by the French Senate and National Assembly about Operation Peace Spring," the statement said.

French parliament and government once again showed that "they side with the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG)," it added.

Ankara sees the YPG as the Syrian offshoots of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union.

The French parliament on Wednesday approved unanimously a resolution condemning Turkey's operation into Syria.

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