Erdogan rejects French offer of talks with SDF

ANKARA Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a French offer to mediate between Turkey and Kurdish fighters in Syria that have been blacklisted by Ankara. His comments on Friday came a day after French President Emmanuel Macron hosted a delegation of Kurdish fighters in Paris and offered to mediate between the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ” an umbrella group of fighters dominated by the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) - and the Turkish government."Who are you to mediate between Turkey and a terror group?"Erdogan said at a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in Ankara."Those who host at the highest level the members of a terrorist organisation, which has been freely carrying out its activities in their countries, should be aware that this is nothing but an expression of hostility against Turkey," he said. page 8