Turkish FM: Afrin operation might be completed by May
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- 08 March, 2018
- 10:27
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Baku. 8 March. REPORT.AZ/ "Operation in Afrin region will end by May."
Report informs referring to daily Sabah newspaper, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told reporters in Vienna.
"Turkey can carry out a cross-border military operation against PKK in northern Iraq jointly with Baghdad. Border operations may begin after elections in Iraq. The Operation Olive Branch will be completed by May", he said.
Notably, the Operation Olive Branch was launched on January 20.
The parliamentary elections in Iraq will be held on May 12.
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