BEIRUT: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has lashed out at the United Nations after it demanded the country open its borders to tens of thousands of more Syrian refugees, accusing it of failing to stop the Russian bombings that have triggered the exodus.
Davutoglu said Wednesday he considered the UN Security Council “two-faced” for telling Turkey to open its borders while not moving “a finger to solve the Syria crisis” or to stop the Russian bombardments.
He also said the Syrian and Russian military operations were an attempt to drive out people who don’t support the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
By taking in the refugees that have fled the city of Aleppo, he said Turkey would be indirectly contributing to what he termed as an “ethnic cleansing.”
Davutoglu reiterated that Turkey planned to care for the new wave of refugees at camps on the Syrian side of the border.
Turkey’s president has ratcheted up his criticism of the United States for not recognizing Syrian Kurdish forces as “terrorists,” saying Washington’s lack of knowledge of the groups operating in the region has led to bloodshed.
Turkey considers the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, which is affiliated with Turkey’s own Kurdish rebels as a terror group. The PYD however, is a key force in US efforts to root out the Daesh group in Syria.
On Wednesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his position that the PYD was no different to Turkey’s Kurdish rebels, which the US does consider to be a terror organization, or to Daesh.
Erdogan said: “You failed to know (these groups). That’s why the region is drenched in blood.”
Turkey summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday over the issue.
Davutoglu said Wednesday he considered the UN Security Council “two-faced” for telling Turkey to open its borders while not moving “a finger to solve the Syria crisis” or to stop the Russian bombardments.
He also said the Syrian and Russian military operations were an attempt to drive out people who don’t support the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
By taking in the refugees that have fled the city of Aleppo, he said Turkey would be indirectly contributing to what he termed as an “ethnic cleansing.”
Davutoglu reiterated that Turkey planned to care for the new wave of refugees at camps on the Syrian side of the border.
Turkey’s president has ratcheted up his criticism of the United States for not recognizing Syrian Kurdish forces as “terrorists,” saying Washington’s lack of knowledge of the groups operating in the region has led to bloodshed.
Turkey considers the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, which is affiliated with Turkey’s own Kurdish rebels as a terror group. The PYD however, is a key force in US efforts to root out the Daesh group in Syria.
On Wednesday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his position that the PYD was no different to Turkey’s Kurdish rebels, which the US does consider to be a terror organization, or to Daesh.
Erdogan said: “You failed to know (these groups). That’s why the region is drenched in blood.”
Turkey summoned the US ambassador on Tuesday over the issue.
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