Turkey's Erdogan says no satisfactory plan with US on north Syria safe zone
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'There is no satisfactory plan that is put before us concretely yet,' Erdogan told a parliamentary meeting of his AK Party.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he had not yet seen an acceptable plan for the creation of a safe zone in northeastern Syria, three weeks after US President Donald Trump suggested establishing the zone.
"There is no satisfactory plan that is put before us concretely yet," Erdogan told a parliamentary meeting of his AK Party.
"Of course we are loyal to our agreements, our promise is a promise. But our patience is not limitless," he added.
Turkey wants to set up the safe zone with logistical support from allies and says it should be cleared of the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia which Ankara considers a terrorist group.
Erdogan also said that if terrorists are not removed from the northern town of Manbij in a few weeks, Turkey's waiting time will end.
The safe zone will be an issue at a meeting on Wednesday in the United States of ministers from a coalition of countries fighting the Islamic State militant group. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will attend those talks.