Congratulates new Malaysian premier
MT Desk: Türkiye will continue fighting terrorism within its borders and beyond until the threat is eliminated, the nation’s president said on Thursday.
“We will continue this struggle inside and outside the borders until the terrorist threat to our country is completely over,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a Teachers’ Day address in the capital Ankara.
Erdogan said the Turkish Armed Forces has been destroying terror nests in operations carried out in both northern Iraq and Syria, near the Turkish border.
“Wherever there are terrorists, the security organization of this state will be there with its police, military, and security forces,” he added.
Early on Sunday, Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Sword, a cross-border aerial campaign against the terror group PKK/YPG, which has illegal hideouts across the Iraqi and Syrian borders where they plan and sometimes execute attacks on Turkish soil.
Turkish officials stressed that the operation is in line with international law and the nation’s right to self-defense under UN resolutions.
In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK – listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US and the European Union – has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the terror group’s Syrian offshoot.
Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday congratulated Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Anwar, 75, was sworn in as Malaysia’s 10th prime minister earlier in the day, ending days of political deadlock after a tightly contested general election led to a hung parliament.
In a phone call, Erdogan said he is hopeful that the close cooperation between Türkiye and Malaysia will grow stronger on the basis of mutual trust, according to a statement by the Turkish Communications Directorate.
