Turkish FM rejects Armenian claims of support for ISIS/ISIL: "We eliminated more than 700 terrorists in our Camp Bashiqa [Iraq] alone"

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu rejected Armenian claims about Turkey's support for the terrorist organization Daesh on Saturday.


Speaking in Istanbul at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 62nd general meeting, Cavusoglu rebuffed the claims of Armenian delegation head Koryun Nahapetyan.

• Nahapetyan had said, "Turkey is actively supporting Daesh, and the country's policies caused instability in the region".

"You are from Armenia and I am Turkish. But firstly we have to be honest. We have to be honest if we were politicians. Unfortunately our Armenian friends are not honest. How can you say that we are supporting Daesh?", Cavusoglu said.

"Who is maintaining an active operation against Daesh beyond the Turkish border?” he asked, referring to Operation Euphrates Shield, which launched in late August. “What country has killed as many Daesh terrorists as Turkey did? We eliminated more than 700 terrorists in our Camp Bashiqa [Iraq] alone".
[aa.com.tr]
19/11/16