Turkey's stance on the PKK/PYD/YPG terror group is "clear" and Ankara rejects any approach for mediation or dialogue, presidential spokesman İbrahim Kalın said early Friday.
The comments by Kalın on Twitter came after French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday assured the YPG/PKK-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of Paris' support to stabilise northeastern Syria against Daesh.
In shared posts on Twitter, Kalın said Turkey expects its allies to stand "clearly" against all kinds of terrorism.
"Turkey's stance against PKK/PYD/YPG -- which is trying to legitimize itself under the name of SDF -- is clear. We reject 'dialogue, contact, mediation' approaches with these terrorist structures, which are irresponsible," Kalın said.
"Countries that we count on as allies should have a clear attitude against all kinds of terror, instead of taking steps towards legitimizing efforts put forth by terrorist groups," he said on Twitter.
"Different names and clothings cannot hide the true identity of terrorist groups," he said.
"We, as Turkey, reject far from serious approaches like 'dialogue, contacts, mediation' with such terror structures," Kalın wrote.
A PYD member said Macron had pledged to send troops to the northeastern region controlled by the SDF. Ankara considers the YPG, which forms the strongest force in the SDF, to be a terrorist group.
Macron on Thursday met for the first time with a delegation that included the YPG, its political arm the PYD, and Christian and Arab officials.
Turkey conducted an anti-terror operation on the northwest Syrian town of Afrin earlier this month after a two-month offensive with Syrian rebel allies to push the YPG out of the region.
Speaking to Reuters after the meeting with Macron, Khaled Eissa, a PYD member who represents the northern Syria region in Paris, said Macron had promised to send more troops to the area, provide humanitarian assistance and push a diplomatic solution.
