He said the new leadership should be given “a chance” and that Turkey was “ready to provide the necessary support” if needed, in remarks reported by state news agency Anadolu and other Turkish media outlets.
HTS has sought to moderate its rhetoric and its transitional government has insisted the rights of all Syrians would be protected along with the rule of law.
The new administration, Guler said, had pledged to “respect all government institutions, the UN and other international organisations” and promised to report any evidence of chemical weapons to the OPCW watchdog.
Turkey’s top priority in Syria was to rid the country of Kurdish separatist fighters -- a goal which was supported by the new government, Guler said.
“We have no problems with our Kurdish brothers living in Iraq and Syria. Our problem is only and exclusively with terrorists.”
Ankara views the YPG as an extension of its domestic foe, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party), which has led a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state.
“Our priority (in Syria) is the liquidation of the PKK/YPG terrorist organisation,“ Guler said.
His remarks echoed comments on Friday by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who said Turkey would give the new Syrian government time to tackle the problem.
“The elimination of the YPG is our strategic goal. We will wait for our brothers in Syria to eliminate the threat in their own land,“ he told the private NTV channel, saying the Kurdish group’s leadership “must leave the country”.
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