Erdoğan says roadmap in Syria’s Manbij won’t be impacted by U.S. tension

August 03 2018 17:16:19

Erdoğan says roadmap in Syria’s Manbij won’t be impacted by U.S. tension

ANKARA

Turkish and U.S. troops on Aug. 1 completed their 23rd round of patrols in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as part of the roadmap.

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 3 that he expected a joint roadmap with the United States regarding the northern Syrian city of Manbij not to be impacted by tensions bewteen the NATO allies.

Erdoğan’s comments, in a speech in Ankara, came two days after Washington imposed sanctions on two Turkish ministers over the trial of a U.S. pastor accused of backing terrorism.

Turkey has said the sanctions were unacceptable.

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