The U.S. has done its part by deciding to withdraw its troops from Syria, Turkey's president said on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said they are focusing more on the announced U.S. troop withdrawal than the French president's statement that French soldiers will stay.
We are continuing our cooperation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Syria, Erdoğan said.
He added: "America has done its part."
He also said arrangements are being made for a possible meeting between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Erdoğan has signaled that a cross-border operation against the terrorist PYD/YPG in Syria will happen soon, possibly including areas where U.S. troops currently are. Since 2016, Ankara has carried out two similar military operations in northern Syria.
Trump last week made the surprise announcement that the U.S. would withdraw its troops from Syria. His decision followed a phone call with Erdoğan in which the two leaders agreed on the need for more effective coordination over the civil war-torn country.
Erdoğan also said that they would declared 2019 the Year of Göbeklitepe in honor of the 12,000-year-old temple in the southeastern Şanlıurfa province, the world's oldest.
Göbeklitepe was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List this list this June.
