“We have established working groups for that,” Cavusoglu said in an interview with the German weekly Die Zeit on March. 9. The minister said he would meet with his U.S. counterpart Rex Tillerson on March 19 to discuss further details.
“We hope the U.S. stops giving support to terror organizations” he said, referring to the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). “These [militants] have control of 25 percent of the country [Syria] but the majority of the people that live in the cities are Arabs. For example, Raqqa. Who is controlling this city? YPG. About 350,000 Syrian Kurds that the YPG has droven away are living in Turkey,” he said.
Cavusoglu's comments came after a meeting of the first of three Turkey-U.S. working groups which aimed at resolving issues between the two countries concluded on March 9.
The meeting was "positive" and collaborative work will continue, diplomatic sources told Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency, adding there was a sincere exchange of opinions between the delegates.
The primary agenda of the working group on Syria was Turkey's demand of clearing YPG militants from Manbij.
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