French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his New Year’s speech to civil servants and constitutional bodies at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 30, 2018. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
January 31, 2018
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned Turkey that its operation against Kurdish militias in northern Syria should not become an excuse to invade the country and said he wanted Ankara to coordinate its action with its allies.
“If it turns out that this operation takes a turn other than to fight a potential terrorist threat to the Turkish border and becomes an invasion operation, (then) this becomes a real problem for us,” Macon said in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper published on Wednesday.
(Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Richard Lough)
