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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11954

6 February 2018
EXTERNAL ACTION / Turkey
Faruk Kaymakci says EU only thinks of Daesh in fight against terrorism
Brussels/Strasbourg, 05/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Saturday 3 February, Turkey's ambassador to the EU, Faruk Kaymakci, said he regretted that the EU limits its fight against terrorism to so-called Islamic State (Daesh).

"When the EU speaks about the fight against terrorism, it only includes Daesh", he said at a meeting with media in Brussels (see other article).  Turkey is currently fighting against the PKK, HPG, YPG and FETO movement.

Kaymakci also thought the European response was "too light" to the Turkish offensive in the Kurdish...

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