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Turkey will not open the crossings with the Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria for the delivery of aid

MADRID, 14 Feb.

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Turkey will not open the crossings with the Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria for the delivery of aid

MADRID, 14 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Government of Turkey has affirmed that it "will not open" the border crossings with the areas controlled by the Kurdish authorities in Syria, amid international efforts to provide aid to those affected by the earthquakes last week in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras. , located near the border with the Arab country.

"It is out of the question that Turkey is going to open border crossings in places (in Syria) controlled by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Protection Units (YPG)," Turkish Foreign Minister said. Mevlut Cavusoglu, as reported by the Turkish state news agency, Anatolia.

Thus, he stressed that Ankara has informed the United Nations that "they can send humanitarian aid through the two passes under Turkish control." "We have said that we can open these doors to humanitarian aid," he pointed out, before emphasizing the "humanitarian duty to provide aid to the Syrian people after the deadly earthquakes."

Turkey has carried out numerous military campaigns against Kurdish militias in northern Iraq and Syria, including one launched in November against the PKK and the YPG -- main elements of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). after the November 13 attack in Istanbul, which left six dead and more than 80 injured.

Cavusoglu's words came after Syria opened the Bab al Salam and Al Rai crossings on Monday, on the border with Turkey, for a period of three months, to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the country, as confirmed by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres.

The earthquakes have so far left more than 36,200 dead, including more than 31,600 on Turkish soil. To this death toll must be added more than 4,500 deaths in Syria, including 1,414 in government-controlled areas and some 3,160 in rebel-held areas in the northwest of the country, according to data from the Syrian Civil Defense, known as 'white helmets'.