Binali Yıldırım suggests Turkey could withdraw from EU agreement whether Kurdish forces are given a role in talksTurkey’s prime minister has warned that the country has the power to allow millions of refugees to resume their journeys to western Europe whether the US and EU-backed Kurdish forces fighting in Syria are given a role in peace talks.
A sixth round of UN-sponsored Syrian talks to find a political solution for the six-year conflict is due to resume in Geneva on Tuesday,and Turkish opposition to any role in the talks for the Kurdish forces, the YPG, and is likely to prove one of many stumbling blocks. Turkey regards the Syrian Kurds as inextricably linked to the Kurdish militant organisation,the PKK, which operates inside Turkey.
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Source: guardian.co.uk