Turkey's Erdogan says will discuss Syria with Trump at UN

Turkey's Erdogan says will discuss Syria with Trump at UN
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday (September 7) he expects to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the United Nations this month to discuss military operations in northeast Syria, where he plans to resettle 1 million Syrian refugees.

Turkey and the United States are due to start joint military patrols in the area on Sunday, as part of an agreement for what Turkey says will become a "safe zone" along the border inside Syria.

Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million refugees from the Syrian conflict and already holds territory in northwest Syria, wants to extend its military presence into the northeast to push back Syrian Kurdish militia fighters from the border and establish conditions for the return of a large number of Syrians.

Describing his plan to meet Trump at the U.N. General Assembly, Erdogan said they would discuss "what kind of steps we will take" along the Syrian border east of the Euphrates river.

He said Turkey could not accept military training by U.S. forces of Kurdish Syrian YPG fighters, who have been Washington's main ally on the ground against Islamic State in Syria but are designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey.

Erdogan also reiterated a plan he first spelt out on Thursday to move 1 million refugees to northern Syria, a project he said would require international support to build new homes.

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